Retrieving aerosol in a cloudy environment: Aerosol product availability as a function of spatial resolution

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1823-1840

  Remer, L A ^a   Mattoo, S ^b,c   Levy, R C ^b,c   Heidinger, A ^d   Pierce, R B ^d   Chin, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; GOES; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODIS; NADIR; NOISE; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84880849313     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1823-2012     Document Type: Article

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