Mapping air pollution using Earth Observation techniques for cultural heritage sites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8795, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Agapiou, Athos ^a   Nisantzi, Argyro ^a   Lysandrou, Vasiliki ^b   Mamouri, Rodanthi ^a   Alexakis, Dimitrios D ^a   Themistocleous, Kyriacos ^a   Sarris, Apostolos ^c   Hadjimitsis, Diofantos G ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b Restoration of Monuments and Sites   (Cyprus)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

air pollution; AOT; cultural heritage; MODIS satellite; Paphos district

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AOT; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; CULTURAL HERITAGES; EARTH OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES; MODIS SATELLITE IMAGES; MULTI-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; PAPHOS DISTRICT;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OBSERVATORIES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 84883727335     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2028234     Document Type: Conference Paper

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