Physical explanation of the weakened brightness temperature difference signal over the yellow sea during a dust event: Case study for March 15-16, 2009

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-48

  Sohn, Byung Ju ^a   Chun, Hyoung Wook ^a   Song, Hwan Jin ^a   Noh, Young Chan ^a   Lee, Sang Moo ^a   Lee, Sang Sam ^b   Chun, Youngsin ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asian dust; BTD method; dust signal; surface emissivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873148317     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-013-0005-2     Document Type: Article

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