Comparison of two split-window methods for retrieving land surface temperature from MODIS data

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-353

  Zhao, Shaohua ^a,b,c   Qin, Qiming ^a   Yang, Yonghui ^b   Xiong, Yujiu ^c   Qiu, Guoyu ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emissivity; Transmittance; Water vapour content

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMISSIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; MONITORING; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRANSMITTANCE; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NINGXIA HUIZU; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 70349792844     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-009-0027-4     Document Type: Article

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