Aerosol retrievals from individual AVHRR channels. Part II: Quality control, probability distribution functions, information content, and consistency checks of retrievals

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3 PT 1, 2002, Pages 335-362

  Ignatov, Alexander ^a   Stowe, Larry ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; ERRORS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETERS; ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); AEROSOLS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

HISTOGRAMS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL RETRIEVAL; CONSISTENCY CHECKS; HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER; INFORMATION CONTENTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; SATELLITE SIGNALS; SCATTERGRAMS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

AEROSOLS; QUALITY CONTROL;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; AVHRR; OPTICAL DEPTH; QUALITY CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 85088336995     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0335:arfiac>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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