Implications of MODIS bow-tie distortion on aerosol optical depth retrievals, and techniques for mitigation

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 5277-5288

  Sayer, A M ^a   Hsu, N C ^b   Bettenhausen, C ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIRBORNE SENSOR; ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 84947250224     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-5277-2015     Document Type: Article

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