Improvements to the OMI near-UV aerosol algorithm using A-train CALIOP and AIRS observations

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3257-3270

  Torres, O ^a   Ahn, C ^b   Chen, Z ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIRS; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SMOKE; TRACER;

EID: 84890107026     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-3257-2013     Document Type: Article

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