Effect of MODIS terra radiometric calibration improvements on Collection 6 Deep blue aerosol products: Validation and terra/aqua consistency

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 12,157-12,174

  Sayer, A M ^a,b   Hsu, N C ^a   Bettenhausen, C ^a,c   Jeong, M J ^d   Meister, G ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; POLARIZATION; SENSOR; TERRA (SATELLITE);

EID: 84958752978     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023878     Document Type: Article

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