Integration of a numerical model and remotely sensed data to study urban/rural land surface climate processes

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 451-468

  Yang, Limin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer model; Remote sensing; Surface biophysical parameters; Surface energy exchange

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0034008182     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(99)00124-7     Document Type: Article

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