Spatial and temporal distribution of MODIS and MISR aerosol optical depth over northern China and comparison with AERONET

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 2497-2506

  Qi, YuLei ^a   Ge, JinMing ^a   Huang, JianPing ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AERONET; aerosol optical depth; AOD; MISR; MODIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880609318     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5678-5     Document Type: Article

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