Estimation of land surface temperature from a Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-8)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Sun, Donglian ^a   Pinker, Rachel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal cycle; GOES retrieval of land surface temperature; Land surface temperature; New algorithms for land surface temperature estimates

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DIURNAL VARIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0742305142     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002422     Document Type: Article

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