Assessment of the Level-3 MODIS daily aerosol optical depth in the context of surface solar radiation and numerical weather modeling

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 675-692

  Ruiz Arias, J A ^a,b   Dudhia, J ^b   Gueymard, C A ^c   Pozo Vazquez D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SOLAR CONSULTING SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; SOLAR RADIATION; TERRA (SATELLITE); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872715871     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-675-2013     Document Type: Article

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