A new method to define the VI-Ts diagram using subpixel vegetation and soil information: A case study over a semiarid agricultural region in the North China plain

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 6260-6279

  Sun, Zhigang ^a   Wang, Qinxue ^a   Matsushita, Bunkei ^b   Fukushima, Takehiko ^b   Ouyang, Zhu ^c   Watanabe, Masataka ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Component surface temperature; Surface temperature; Vegetation index; VI Ts diagram

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; COMPONENT SURFACE TEMPERATURES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL EMISSIONS; VEGETATION INDEX; VI-TS DIAGRAM;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOISTURE; RADIOMETERS; SOILS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

PIXELS;

EID: 55249115835     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8106260     Document Type: Article

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