Validation of MODIS 3 km resolution aerosol optical depth retrievals over Asia

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Nichol, Janet E ^a   Bilal, Muhammad ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

AERONET; AOD; Asia; MODIS 3 km

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; URBAN GROWTH;

AERONET; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; ASIA; COARSE AEROSOLS; MODIS 3 KM; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 84971607513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8040328     Document Type: Article

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