An operational remote sensing algorithm of land surface evaporation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Nishida, Kenlo ^a   Nemani, Ramakrishna R ^b   Running, Steven W ^b   Glassy, Joseph M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c Lupine Logic Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqua; Evapotranspiration; MODIS

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0347899514     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002062     Document Type: Article

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