AERONET-OC: An overview

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 488-497

  Zibordi, G ^a   Holben, B ^b   Melin F ^a   D'Alimonte, D ^c   Berthon, J F ^a   Slutsker, I ^d   Giles, D ^d  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; COASTAL WATERS; ENVISAT; IN-SITU; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OCEAN COLOR; OPTICAL QUANTITIES; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR SENSORS; SEA-VIEWING WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW SENSORS; SPECTRAL VALUE; STANDARDIZED MEASUREMENT; WATER-LEAVING RADIANCES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COLOR; GEODETIC SATELLITES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSORS; SPECTROMETERS;

FIXED PLATFORMS;

EID: 79957589377     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-073     Document Type: Review

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