A global survey of the effect of cloud contamination on the aerosol optical thickness and its long-term trend derived from operational AVHRR satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2849-2857

  Zhao, Tom X P ^a   Chan, Pui K ^a,b   Heidinger, Andrew K ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); CONTAMINATION; REFLECTION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL REMOTE SENSING; AEROSOL RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE DATA RECORDS; CLOUD CONTAMINATION; PASSIVE SATELLITES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE DISTURBANCES;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; AVHRR; CALIBRATION; CLEAR SKY; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL OCEAN; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NOAA SATELLITE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PIXEL; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84882380928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50278     Document Type: Article

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