Diurnal temperature range over the United States: A satellite view

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Sun, Donglian ^a   Pinker, Rachel T ^b   Kafatos, Menas ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; NDVI; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646339165     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024780     Document Type: Article

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