An integrated analysis of aerosol above clouds from A-Train multi-sensor measurements

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 121, Issue , 2012, Pages 125-131

  Yu, Hongbin ^a,b   Zhang, Yan ^b,c   Chin, Mian ^b   Liu, Zhaoyan ^d,e   Omar, Ali ^e   Remer, Lorraine A ^b   Yang, Yuekui ^b,f   Yuan, Tianle ^b,g   Zhang, Jianglong ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Clouds

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; AEROSOL INDEX; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL TYPES; CALIPSO; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; INTERCONTINENTAL TRANSPORT; MULTI SENSOR; SAHARAN DUST; SMOKE OUTFLOW; SPATIAL COVERAGE;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALIPSO; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LINEARITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

SAHARA;

EID: 84862814715     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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