Statistical variability comparison in MODIS and AERONET derived aerosol optical depth over Indo-Gangetic Plains using time series modeling

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 553, Issue , 2016, Pages 258-265

  Soni, Kirti ^a   Parmar, Kulwinder Singh ^b   Kapoor, Sangeeta ^c   Kumar, Nishant ^d  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b DR B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Laxmi Narayan College of Technology and Science (LNCTS)   (India)

^d THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Atmospheric management; Kanpur AERONET; MODIS; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; AUDIO SYSTEMS; ERRORS; FORECASTING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AERONET; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; BAYESIAN INFORMATION CRITERION; MEAN ABSOLUTE PERCENTAGE ERROR; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STATISTICAL VARIABILITY;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AERONET; AEROSOL PROPERTY; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE DATA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORK; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

GANGETIC PLAIN;

EID: 84959140660     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.075     Document Type: Article

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