Evaluation of MODIS snow cover and cloud mask and its application in Northern Xinjiang, China

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1497-1513

  Wang, Xianwei ^a   Xie, Hongjie ^a   Liang, Tiangang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cloud; MODIS; Northern Xinjiang; Snow; Validation

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; SNOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CHINA; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); NORTHERN XINJIANG; SNOW AREA EXTENT; SNOW COVER; TERRA SATELLITE;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MAPPING METHOD; MODIS; PIXEL; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ILI RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 40649090860     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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