Evaluating the assumptions of surface reflectance and aerosol type selection within the MODIS aerosol retrieval over land: The problem of dust type selection

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-214

  Mielonen, T ^a   Levy, R C ^b,c   Aaltonen, V ^a   Komppula, M ^a   De Leeuw, G ^a,d,e   Huttunen, J ^a   Lihavainen, H ^a   Kolmonen, P ^a   Lehtinen, K E J ^a,f   Arola, A ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; NDVI; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOMETER; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

EID: 84857739264     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-201-2011     Document Type: Article

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