Estimating surface air temperatures, from meteosat land surface temperatures, using an empirical solar zenith angle model

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1125-1132

  Cresswell, M P ^a   Morse, A P ^b   Thomson, M C ^a   Connor, S J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE (LST); SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE (SZA); SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

REMOTE SENSING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; LAND SURFACE; METEOSAT;

EID: 0033560518     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699212885     Document Type: Article

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