Spatially complete global spectral surface albedos: Value-added datasets derived from terra MODIS land products

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 144-157

  Moody, Eric G ^a   King, Michael D ^b   Platnick, Steven ^b   Schaaf, Crystal B ^c   Gao, Feng ^c  

^a L 3 Communications Government Services Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Modeling; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); Radiative transfer; Remote sensing; Satellite applications; Spectral surface albedo; Terra; Vegetation phenology

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DIFFUSION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOMETERS; WATER;

SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; SPECTRAL SURFACE ALBEDO; VEGETATION PHENOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 12844258939     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.838359     Document Type: Article

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