A thermal-based remote sensing technique for routine mapping of land-surface carbon, water and energy fluxes from field to regional scales

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4227-4241

  Anderson, M C ^a   Norman, J M ^b   Kustas, W P ^a   Houborg, R ^a   Starks, P J ^c   Agam, N ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon assimilation; Evapotranspiration; Soil respiration; Surface energy balance; Thermal remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS;

CARBON ASSIMILATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL RESPIRATION; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; THERMAL REMOTE SENSING;

SPACE OPTICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 53649103109     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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