MODIS-derived spatially complete surface albedo products: Spatial and temporal pixel and zonal averages

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2879-2894

  Moody, Eric G ^a  

^a RS Information Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLES; COMPLETE PRODUCTS; DATA RECORDS; DATA-SETS; HIGH QUALITIES; INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; LAND SURFACE ALBEDOS; MISSING DATUM; MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NASA TERRA SATELLITES; OPERATIONAL PROJECTS; SURFACE ALBEDOS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPORAL INTERPOLATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITIES;

NASA; PIXELS; SNOW; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; ANNUAL VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 56849096563     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1795.1     Document Type: Article

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