Nighttime AOT retrieval for Asian dusts from MODIS IR measurements: An artificial neural network approach

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-177

  Sang Sam, Lee ^a,b   Sohn, B J ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIPSO; DUST; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PIXEL;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84861117323     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-201     Document Type: Article

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