Validating MODIS land surface reflectance and albedo products: Methods and preliminary results

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 149-162

  Liang, Shunlin ^a   Fang, Hongliang ^a   Chen, Mingzhen ^a   Shuey, Chad J ^a   Walthall, Charlie ^b   Daughtry, Craig ^b   Morisette, Jeff ^c   Schaaf, Crystal ^d   Strahler, Alan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION;

ALBEDO PRODUCTS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALBEDO; CALIBRATION; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; THEMATIC MAPPING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036845164     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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