An investigation of air pollution in Southern Ontario, Canada, with MODIS and MISR aerosol data

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4311-4314

  Wallace, Julie ^a   Kanaroglou, Pavlos ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosols; AOD; MODIS; Ontario; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH (AOD); FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; MODIS; ONTARIO;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; OZONE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 82355169993     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423805     Document Type: Conference Paper

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