Study on long-term aerosol distribution over the land of east China using MODIS data

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 300-315

  He, Qianshan ^a   Li, Chengcai ^b   Geng, Fuhai ^a   Lei, Yong ^c   Li, Yuhong ^d  

^a SHANGHAI METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d Shanxi Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol; East china; Modis; Optical properties; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PRODUCT; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; ANNUAL MEAN; COARSE MODE PARTICLES; DOMINANT SPECIES; DUST TRANSPORT; EAST CHINA; FINE-MODE PARTICLES; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; LEVEL 2; MARINE AEROSOLS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; SOIL DUST; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SPRING-IN; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

AEROSOLS; DUST; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LOADING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

CHINA;

EID: 84860202261     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.11.0200     Document Type: Article

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