Validation of a new parametric model for atmospheric correction of thermal infrared data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 295-311

  Ellicott, Evan ^a   Vermote, Eric ^a   Petitcolin, François ^b   Hook, Simon J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Analytic and Computational Research Inc Earth Sciences (ACRI ST)   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Parametric modeling; Remote sensing; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOPHYSICS; RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WINDOWS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PROFILES; COMPUTATION SPEEDS; COMPUTATION TIMES; DATA SETS; EARTH'S SURFACES; EMPIRICAL APPROACHES; ENERGY FLUXES; IN-SITU; KEY COMPONENTS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MODIS SST; MODTRAN; PARAMETRIC MODELING; PARAMETRIC MODELS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE RETRIEVALS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SINGLE CHANNELS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE TYPES; THERMAL INFRARED; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; WATER TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS; WINDOW METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ENERGY FLUX; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPLIT WINDOW; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 58149117516     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2006182     Document Type: Article

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