CHRISTINE Code for High ResolutIon Satellite mapping of optical ThIckness and ÅNgstrom Exponent. Part II: First application to the urban area of Athens, Greece and comparison to results from previous contrast-reduction codes

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 142-149

  Sifakis, Nicolas I ^a   Iossifidis, Christos ^b   Kontoes, Charis ^c  

^a European Research Council   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

ngstrom; Aerosol optical thickness; Air pollution; High resolution; Urban

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; GROUND-BASED AEROSOL MEASUREMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITES; SATELLITE IMAGE PROCESSING; URBAN; URBAN AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; AEROSOLS; CODES (SYMBOLS); OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLLUTION;

AEROSOLS; SATELLITES;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HINDCASTING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; AEROSOL PROPERTY; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84887821648     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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