Retrieval of the haze optical thickness in North China Plain using MODIS data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2528-2540

  Li, Shenshen ^a,b   Chen, Liangfu ^a   Xiong, Xiaozhen ^c   Tao, Jinhua ^a   Su, Lin ^a   Han, Dong ^a   Liu, Yang ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol model; GEOS Chem; Haze aerosol optical thickness (HAOT); Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS); Surface reflectance

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MODELING; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; GEOS-CHEM; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NASA; REFLECTION; SPECTROMETERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; DATABASE; EOS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MODIS; OPTICAL METHOD; POLLUTION MONITORING; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84885023464     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2214038     Document Type: Article

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