Constraints on aerosol sources using GEOS-Chem adjoint and MODIS radiances, and evaluation with multisensor (OMI, MISR) data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6396-6413

  Xu, Xiaoguang ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Henze, Daven K ^b   Qu, Wenjun ^c   Kopacz, Monika ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol source optimization; Asian SO2, NO2, dust, black carbon, organic carbon; MODIS, MISR, OMI

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DUST; ESTIMATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; REDUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL SOURCE; BLACK CARBON; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS, MISR, OMI; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTISENSOR REMOTE SENSING; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE;

RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84880900824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50515     Document Type: Article

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