Surface flux estimation using radiometric temperature: A dual-temperatare-difference method to minimize measurement errors

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2263-2274

  Norman, J M ^a   Kustas, W P ^b   Prueger, J H ^c   Diak, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS; HEAT FLUX; MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRY; SURFACE; TEMPERATURE;

ERROR CORRECTION; HEAT FLUX; MICROMETEOROLOGY; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; LUMINANCE; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER DEVELOPMENT; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NEAR SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; SURFACE RADIOMETRIC TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033859693     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900033     Document Type: Article

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