Consistency of MODIS surface bidirectional reflectance distribution function and albedo retrievals: 1. Validation

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Jin, Yufang ^a   Schaaf, Crystal B ^a   Woodcock, Curtis E ^a   Gao, Feng ^a   Li, Xiaowen ^a   Strahler, Alan H ^a   Lucht, Wolfgang ^b   Liang, Shunlin ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

MODIS; Surface albedo; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0347899456     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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