A color ratio method for simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and cloud optical thickness of above-cloud absorbing aerosols from passive sensors: Application to MODIS measurements

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3862-3870

  Jethva, Hiren ^a,b   Torres, Omar ^b   Remer, Lorraine A ^c   Bhartia, Pawan K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol absorption; aerosols above cloud; color ratio; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL ABSORPTION; CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; COLOR RATIOS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES;

COLOR; DUST; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; COLOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTANCE; SENSOR; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SMOKE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERTICAL PROFILE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

EID: 84880258037     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2230008     Document Type: Article

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