Satellite-based estimation of surface vapor pressure deficits using MODIS land surface temperature data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 142-155

  Hashimoto, Hirofumi ^a,b   Dungan, Jennifer L ^c   White, Michael A ^d   Yang, Feihua ^e   Michaelis, Andrew R ^a,c   Running, Steven W ^f   Nemani, Ramakrishna R ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Land surface temperature; MODIS; VDP

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE MODELING EFFORTS; MODIS LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE DATA; NON-LINEAR FUNCTION; VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT (VPD);

VAPOR PRESSURE;

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; EDDY COVARIANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 36248976063     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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