AERUS-GEO: A newly available satellite-derived aerosol optical depth product over Europe and Africa

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 7731-7738

  Carrer, D ^a   Ceamanos, X ^a   Six, B ^b   Roujean, J L ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Aerosols; Mineral dust; Operational production; Satellite remote sensing; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; LOADING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; MINERAL DUST; OPERATIONAL PRODUCTION; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; VOLCANIC ASH;

ORBITS;

AEROSOL; IMAGE RESOLUTION; METEOSAT; OPTICAL DEPTH; REAL TIME; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EUROPE;

EID: 84912142990     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061707     Document Type: Article

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