China Collection 2.0: The aerosol optical depth dataset from the synergetic retrieval of aerosol properties algorithm

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-58

  Xue, Yong ^a,b   He, Xingwei ^a,d   Xu, Hui ^a,d   Guang, Jie ^a   Guo, Jianping ^c   Mei, Linlu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; China Collection 2.0; Cloud mask; Gas absorption; MODIS; SRAP

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GAS ABSORPTION; NASA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CHINA COLLECTION 2.0; CLOUD MASKS; MODIS; SRAP;

RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; DATA SET; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; DATA PROCESSING; DESERT; DISPERSION; DUST; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMIDITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL POPULATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SUN; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WINTER;

CHINA;

EID: 84902441812     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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