Evaluation of MSG-SEVIRI mineral dust retrieval products over North Africa and the Middle East

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-73

  Banks, J R ^a   Brindley, H E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Geostationary satellite observations; Infrared remote sensing of dust

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AIRBORNE DUSTS; BOREAL WINTERS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; CO-LOCATED; DATA RECORDS; DIURNAL PATTERN; DUST AEROSOLS; DUST DETECTION; DUST LOADING; DUST SOURCES; FALSE DETECTIONS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INFRARED REMOTE SENSING; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MIDDLE EAST; MINERAL DUST; NORTH AFRICA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; TIME-RESOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; REMOTE SENSING;

DUST;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BASELINE CONDITIONS; DATA SET; DUST; EMISSIVITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OPTICAL DEPTH; SEVIRI;

MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 84867896467     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.07.017     Document Type: Article

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