Simulation of scaling effects of thermal emission from non-isothermal pixels with the typical three-dimensional structure

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3743-3753

  Su, L ^a   Li, X ^b   Liang, S ^c   Strahler, A H ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

THERMAL EMISSION;

REMOTE SENSING;

CORRECTION; EMISSIVITY; LAND SURFACE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0242306866     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116021000023871     Document Type: Article

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