Comparison and evaluation of the MODIS Collection 6 aerosol data in China

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 6992-7005

  Tao, Minghui ^a,b   Chen, Liangfu ^a,b   Wang, Zifeng ^a,b   Tao, Jinhua ^a,b   Che, Huizheng ^c   Wang, Xinhui ^a   Wang, Yang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; HAZE; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH;

CHINA;

EID: 84939242663     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023360     Document Type: Article

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