Critical surface albedo and its implications to aerosol remote sensing

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1653-1665

  Seidel, F C ^a   Popp, C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84878349270     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1653-2012     Document Type: Article

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