Asian dust weather categorization with satellite and surface observations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-170

  Lin, Tang Huang ^a   Hsu, N Christina ^b   Tsay, Si Chee ^b   Huang, Shih Jen ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE OBSERVATION; SURFACE VISIBILITY; WEATHER CLASSIFICATION;

DUST;

AEROSOL; DUST STORM; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; VISIBILITY;

ASIA;

EID: 79551673375     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903439932     Document Type: Article

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