Evaluation and wind speed dependence of MODIS aerosol retrievals over open ocean

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 429-435

  Kleidman, Richard G ^a,b   Smirnov, Alexander ^b,c   Levy, Robert C ^a,b   Mattoo, Shana ^a,b   Tanré, Didier ^d  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosols; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL ALGORITHMS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PRODUCT; AEROSOL RETRIEVAL; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; ANGSTROM EXPONENT; DATA SETS; GROUND TRUTH; HIGH QUALITY; LARGE PARTICLES; MARITIME AEROSOLS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; OCEAN SURFACES; OPEN OCEAN; PARAMETERIZATIONS; RETRIEVAL PROCESS; SHIPBOARD MEASUREMENTS; SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; SMALL PARTICLES; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES; WIND SPEED;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OCEANOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPEED; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WIND EFFECTS;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; AQUA (SATELLITE); COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; ISLAND; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; OPEN OCEAN; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; TERRA (SATELLITE); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84856329007     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2162073     Document Type: Article

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