Satellite retrieval of aerosol microphysical and optical parameters using neural networks: A new methodology applied to the Sahara desert dust peak

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3151-3175

  Taylor, M ^a   Kazadzis, S ^a   Tsekeri, A ^a   Gkikas, A ^b   Amiridis, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ALBEDO; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DESERT; DUST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

DAKAR [SENEGAL]; SAHARA; SENEGAL;

EID: 84907495469     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-3151-2014     Document Type: Article

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