MODIS aerosol optical depth observations over urban areas in Pakistan: Quantity and quality of the data for air quality monitoring

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-52

  Gupta, Pawan ^a,b   Khan, Maudood N ^a,c   da Silva, Arlindo ^b   Patadia, Falguni ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air quality; AOD; MODIS; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882763384     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2013.005     Document Type: Article

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