Validation of MODIS aerosol optical depth product over China using CARSNET measurements

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 5970-5978

  Xie, Yong ^a   Zhang, Yan ^b,c   Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^c   Qu, John J ^a   Che, Huizheng ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; CARSNET; China; MODIS; Validation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CARSNET; CHINA; MODIS; VALIDATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ALGORITHM; DESERT; GRASSLAND; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ERROR; EVALUATION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; REMOTE SENSING; ROBOTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

CHINA;

EID: 80052260524     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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