Improvement of MODIS aerosol retrievals near clouds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 9168-9181

  Wen, Guoyong ^a,b   Marshak, Alexander ^b   Levy, Robert C ^b   Remer, Lorraine A ^c   Loeb, Norman G ^d   Várnai, Tamás ^b,c   Cahalan, Robert F ^b  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PARTICLE SIZES; AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; RADIATIVE INTERACTIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; CLOUD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84885141091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50617     Document Type: Article

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