A practical method for retrieving land surface temperature from AMSR-E over the amazon forest

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 193-199

  Gao, Huilin ^a,b   Fu, Rong ^b   Dickinson, Robert E ^b   Juárez, Robinson I Negrón ^b,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared (IR) radiometry; Microwave radiometry; Remote sensing; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

INFRARED (IR) RADIOMETRY; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE (LST); MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS);

FORESTRY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; RADIOMETERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

INTERFACIAL ENERGY;

FORESTS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 37249019090     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.906478     Document Type: Article

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