Estimating subpixel surface temperatures and energy fluxes from the vegetation index-radiometric temperature relationship

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 429-440

  Kustas, William P ^a   Norman, John M ^b   Anderson, Martha C ^b   French, Andrew N ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiometric surface; Subpixel surface temperature; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

INTERFACIAL ENERGY;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION INDEX;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038104737     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00036-1     Document Type: Article

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