Crseharacterization of land surface thermal structure from NOAA-AVHRR data over a northern ecosystem

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 282-298

  Goïta, Kalif ^a,b   Royer, Alain ^a   Bussières, Normand ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INFRARED RADIATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES; LAND SURFACE THERMAL STRUCTURE; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX;

INFRARED IMAGING;

AVHRR; EMISSIVITY; NOAA; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

CANADA, QUEBEC;

EID: 0031171084     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0034-4257(96)00211-8     Document Type: Article

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