Validation of version 5.1 modis aerosol optical depth (deep blue algorithm and dark target approach) over a semi-arid location in western india

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 252-262

  Misra, Amit ^a   Jayaraman, Achuthan ^b   Ganguly, Dilip ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

AOD retrieval; Dark target approach; Deep blue algorithm; MODIS; Validation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFLECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

AOD RETRIEVAL; DARK TARGET APPROACH; DEEP BLUE ALGORITHMS; MODIS; VALIDATION;

RADIOMETERS;

ALGORITHM; AQUA (SATELLITE); MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; TERRA (SATELLITE);

INDIA;

EID: 84922140647     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2014.01.0004     Document Type: Article

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