Characterization of atmospheric aerosol in the US Southeast from ground-and space-based measurements over the past decade

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1667-1682

  Alston, E J ^a,b   Sokolik, I N ^b   Kalashnikova, O V ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DATA SET; MISR; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880528867     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1667-2012     Document Type: Article

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