Study of MODIS derived AOD at three different locations in the Indo Gangetic Plain: Kanpur, Gandhi College and Nainital

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1479-1493

  Choudhry, P ^a   Misra, A ^a   Tripathi, S N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; ALGORITHM; AQUA (SATELLITE); MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; TERRA (SATELLITE); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; KANPUR; NAINITAL; UTTAR PRADESH; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84878013916     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-30-1479-2012     Document Type: Article

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