Regional thermal and terrain modelling of the Afar Depression from MODIS multi-temporal monthly night LST data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2429-2436

  Miliaresis, George CH ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IMAGERY SEQUENCE; POSITIVE ELEVATION; TERRAIN ELEVATION; TERRAIN MODELLING; TERRAIN SEGMENTATIONS; THERMAL ANOMALIES; VOLCANIC CRISIS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEGMENTATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TERRAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 70449372444     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802562271     Document Type: Article

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