Retrieval of spectral aerosol optical thickness over land using ocean color sensors MERIS and SeaWiFS

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-171

  Von Hoyningen Huene, W ^a   Yoon, J ^a   Vountas, M ^a   Istomina, L G ^a   Rohen, G ^a   Dinter, T ^a   Kokhanovsky, A A ^a   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; ENVISAT-1; MERIS; NDVI; OCEAN COLOR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS; SENSOR; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 79960728949     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-151-2011     Document Type: Article

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