Comparison of Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo Derived from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument with Aerosol Robotic Network Observations

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 264-269

  Qi, Liu ^a   Yu Lan, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

AERONET; aerosol; OMI; single scatter albedo

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL; ALBEDO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING;

CHINA; HEBEI; HONG KONG; TAIHU; XIANGHE;

EID: 84880001769     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2012.11447001     Document Type: Article

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