Comparison of aerosol products retrieved from AERONET, MICROTOPS and MODIS over a tropical urban city, Pune, India

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-121

  More, Sanjay ^a   Pradeep Kumar, P ^a   Gupta, Pawan ^b   Devara, P C S ^c   Aher, G R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^d Modern Education Society's   (India)

Author keywords

AERONET; AOD; Inter comparison; MICROTOPS; MODIS

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AOD; INTERCOMPARISONS; MICROTOPS; MODIS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETERS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ALBEDO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; URBAN AREA;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; PUNE;

EID: 84872934963     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.04.0102     Document Type: Article

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