Characteristics of Aerosol Optical Thickness as Well as the Relationship with NDVI in the Yangtze River Delta, China

A long term (2000 - 2008) dataset of aerosol products retrieved from MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is used to investigate the temporal and spatial variations of aerosol optical thickness (AOT) over the Yangtze River Delta (YRD). Ground-based observations (sun photometers) wer...

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Main Authors: Zhongyong Xiao, Hong Jiang, Guomo Zhou, Jian Chen, Renjian Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2013-01-01
Series:Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Online Access: http://tao.cgu.org.tw/images/attachments/v245p863.pdf