Validating MODIS land surface temperature products using long-term nighttime ground measurements

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 623-635

  Wang, Wenhui ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^a   Meyers, Tilden ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CarboEurope IP; FLUXNET; Land surface temperature; MODIS; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VEGETATION;

LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LONG TERM NIGHTTIME GROUND MEASUREMENTS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EOS; HUMIDITY; LAND SURFACE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

AUDUBON COUNTY; BLACK HILLS; BONDVILLE; BROOKINGS COUNTY; CANAAN VALLEY; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FORT PECK RESERVOIR; GERMANY; HAINICH; ILLINOIS; IOWA; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; SAXONY; SOUTH DAKOTA; THARANDT; THURINGIA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 39749092578     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.05.024     Document Type: Article

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