Application of modis products for air quality studies over southeastern Italy

Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1767-1796

  Dinoi, Adelaide ^a   Perrone, Maria Rita ^a   Burlizzi, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosol; Clouds; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AERONET NETWORK; CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD SCREENING; EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; LINEAR CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MASS CONCENTRATION; MEAN VALUES; MIXING LAYER HEIGHT; MODERATE RESOLUTION; R VALUE; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; REGRESSION RELATIONSHIP; SATELLITE DATA; SITE LOCATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUBURBAN SITES; TERRA SATELLITES; WIND SPEED;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 84860389638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs2071767     Document Type: Article

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