Spatial distributions and temporal variations of atmospheric aerosols and the affecting factors: a case study for a region in central China

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3672-3692

  Guo, Yangjie ^a   Hong, Song ^a   Feng, Nan ^b   Zhuang, Yanhua ^a   Zhang, Liang ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AFFECTING FACTORS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; POPULATION DENSITIES; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS(SOMS); TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; MODIS; NDVI; OPTICAL DEPTH; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA; HUBEI;

EID: 84863033464     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.631951     Document Type: Article

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