Aerosol optical depth retrieval over the city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) using Landsat-8 OLI images
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Aerosol Optical Depth Retrieval over Bright Areas Using Landsat 8 OLI Images
Conventional methods for Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) retrieval are limited to areas with low reflectance such as water or vegetated areas because the satellite signals from the aerosols in these areas are more obvious than those in areas with higher reflectance such as urban and sandy areas. Land Surface Reflectance (LSR) is the key parameter that must be estimated accurately. Most current meth...
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عنوان ژورنال: Atmospheric Pollution Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1309-1042
DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2019.01.015