Scintillometer networks for calibration and validation of energy balance and soil moisture remote sensing algorithms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6565, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hendrickx, Jan M H ^a,f   Kleissl, Jan ^b   Vêlez, Jesús D Gómez ^a   Hong, Sung Ho ^a   Duque, José R Fábrega ^c   Vega, David ^c   Ramírez, Hernán A Moreno ^d   Ogden, Fred L ^e  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSIDAD EIA   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; New Mexico; Panama; Remote sensing; Scintillometer; SEBAL; Sensible heat flux; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

NEW MEXICO; PANAMA; SCINTILLOMETERS; SEBAL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

ALGORITHMS; LATENT HEAT; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE;

ENERGY BALANCE;

EID: 35948986014     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.718124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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