Improvements in land surface temperature retrieval from the Landsat series thermal band using water vapor and air temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Cristobal J ^a   Jimenez Munoz J C ^b   Sobrino, J A ^b   Ninyerola, M ^a   Pons, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER VAPOR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC DATABASE; CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; INPUT DATA; INPUT VARIABLES; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; LANDSAT; LANDSAT IMAGES; LANDSAT-4; LANDSAT-5; LEVEL 2; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NET RADIATION; RADIOSOUNDING; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; RETRIEVAL MODELS; THERMAL BANDS; TWO SOURCES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; LAND SURFACE; LANDSAT; NET RADIATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 66949161936     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010616     Document Type: Article

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