Preliminary evaluation of S-NPP VIIRS aerosol optical thickness

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3942-3962

  Liu, Hongqing ^a,b   Remer, Lorraine A ^c   Huang, Jingfeng ^b,d   Huang, Ho Chun ^b,d   Kondragunta, Shobha ^b   Laszlo, Istvan ^b,e   Oo, Min ^f   Jackson, John M ^g  

^a Systems Research Group Inc   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e University of Maryland   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; NSCAT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; VIIRS;

EID: 84907553538     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020360     Document Type: Article

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