Satellite remote sensing of total ozone column (TOC) over Pakistan and neighbouring regions

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1038-1054

  Ul Haq, Zia ^a   Tariq, Salman ^a   Rana, Asim Daud ^a   Ali, Muhammad ^a   Mahmood, Khalid ^a   Shahid, Parvez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; ATMOSPHERIC OZONE; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TOTAL OZONE COLUMN; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

AURA (SATELLITE); JET STREAM; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOTAL OZONE;

AFGHANISTAN; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84923381068     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1007255     Document Type: Article

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