Satellite remote sensing methods for estimating clear Sky shortwave Top of atmosphere fluxes used for aerosol studies over the global oceans

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3002-3006

  Christopher, Sundar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; CERES; Climate forcing; MODIS; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; CERES; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE FORCINGS; GLOBAL OCEAN; INTERCOMPARISONS; MODIS; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER - METHODS; RESEARCH STUDIES; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

AEROSOLS; ESTIMATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE FORCING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL OCEAN; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 81355138678     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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