Narrowband-to-broadband albedo conversion for glacier ice and snow: Equations based on modeling and ranges of validity of the equations

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-105

  Greuell, Wouter ^a   Oerlemans, Johannes ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ice; Narrowband to broadband conversion; Retrieval method; Satellite data; Snow; Surface albedo

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SNOW;

THEMATIC MAPPER (TM);

GLACIERS;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; AVHRR; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; THEMATIC MAPPING;

EID: 0842306356     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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