How big is an OMI pixel?

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3607-3618

  De Graaf, Martin ^a,c   Sihler, Holger ^b   Tilstra, Lieuwe G ^c   Stammes, Piet ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUA (SATELLITE); AURA (SATELLITE); BACKSCATTER; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; FIELD OF VIEW; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MODIS; OZONE; PIXEL; REFLECTANCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 84982803861     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-3607-2016     Document Type: Article

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