Land surface reflectance, emissivity and temperature from MODIS middle and thermal infrared data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 112-134

  Petitcolin, François ^a,b   Vermote, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION;

SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EMISSIVITY; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036846905     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00094-9     Document Type: Article

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