NOAA AVHRR land surface albedo algorithm development

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3761-3796

  Toll, D L ^a   Shirey, D ^b   Kimes, D S ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); SURFACE ALBEDO ALGORITHMS;

RADIOMETERS;

ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; AVHRR; NOAA; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETER;

USA, KANSAS, KONZA PRAIRIE;

EID: 0031426906     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697216612     Document Type: Article

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