Investigating aerosol properties in Peninsular Malaysia via the synergy of satellite remote sensing and ground-based measurements

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 223-239

  Kanniah, Kasturi Devi ^a   Lim, Hui Qi ^a   Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G ^b   Cracknell, Arthur P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SHIV NADAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosol properties; Malaysia; MODIS; PM10

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; MALAYSIA; MODIS; SOURCES AND DESTINATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AQUA (SATELLITE); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRA (SATELLITE); TREND ANALYSIS;

MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84890275428     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.11.018     Document Type: Article

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