A geostatistical approach for producing daily Level-3 MODIS aerosol optical depth analyses

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 395-405

  Ruiz Arias, J A ^a,b   Dudhia, J ^b   Lara Fanego, V ^a   Pozo Vazquez D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Level 3 MODIS; Surface solar irradiance

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; GEOSTATISTICAL APPROACH; LEVEL-3 MODIS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SQUARED CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; SURFACE SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DATA PROCESSING; INTERPOLATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA REDUCTION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; DATA SET; INTERPOLATION; IRRADIANCE; KRIGING; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AEROSOL; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; KRIGING; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84880945597     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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