Retrieving asian dust aot and height from hyperspectral sounder measurements: An artificial neural network approach

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 837-845

  Han, Hyo Jin ^a   Sohn, B J ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; AEROSOLS; DUST; INFRARED DEVICES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL RADAR; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HYPERSPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; AIRS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CALIPSO; DUST; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PIXEL;

ASIA;

EID: 84884825487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50170     Document Type: Article

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