Remote sensing of aerosols over snow using infrared AATSR observations

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1133-1145

  Istomina, L G ^a   Von Hoyningen Huene, W ^a   Kokhanovsky, A A ^a   Schultz, E ^b   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; ENVISAT-1; INTERPOLATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; KANGERLUSSUAQ FJORD;

EID: 84869881801     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-1133-2011     Document Type: Article

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