Aerosol optical depths over oceans: A view from MISR retrievals and collocated MAN and AERONET in situ observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 12,620-12,633

  Witek, Marcin L ^a   Garay, Michael J ^a   Diner, David J ^a   Smirnov, Alexander ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

AERONET; aerosols; AOD retrievals; MAN; MISR

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AERONET; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; AOD RETRIEVALS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; MAN; MISR; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MISR; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84890522313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020393     Document Type: Article

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