The scaling characteristics of remotely-sensed variables for sparsely-vegetated heterogeneous landscapes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 190, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 337-362

  Moran, M Susan ^a   Humes, Karen S ^b   Pinter Jr , Paul J ^a  

^a U S WATER CONSERVATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE;

HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPE; SCALING CHARACTERISTICS;

HYDROLOGY;

AGGREGATION; COARSE RESOLUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIXEL RESOLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SCALING CHARACTERISTICS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE HETEROGENEITY;

USA, ARIZONA;

EID: 0030615727     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03133-2     Document Type: Article

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