MODIS bidirectional reflectance distribution function and albedo Climate Modeling Grid products and the variability of albedo major global vegetation types

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Gao, Feng ^a,b,c   Schaaf, Crystal B ^a   Strahler, Alan H ^a   Roesch, Andreas ^d   Lucht, Wolfgang ^e   Dickinson, Robert ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 17044419999     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005190     Document Type: Article

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