Feasibility of simultaneous surface temperature-emissivity retrieval using SSM/I measurements from HAPEX-Sahel

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 188-189, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 330-360

  Xiang, Xuwu ^a   Smith, Eric A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAPEX-SAHEL; MICROWAVE IMAGER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SSM/I; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA, SAHEL;

ALGORITHMS; INFRARED RADIATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOMETERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

GROUND BASED RADIOMETER SKIN TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL AND ATMOSPHERIC PILOT EXPERIMENT (HAPEX); INTENSIVE OBSERVING PERIOD (IOP); RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0030791816     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03165-4     Document Type: Article

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