Remote sensing of atmospheric optical depth using a smartphone sun photometer

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cao, Tingting ^a   Thompson, Jonathan E ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CAMERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOBILE PHONE; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL FILTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOMETER; RADIATION DETECTOR; REMOTE SENSING; SUN PHOTOMETER; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY;

ATMOSPHERE; CELLULAR PHONE; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 84897406586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084119     Document Type: Article

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