Comparison of MISR and MODIS land surface albedos: Methodology

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Taberner, M ^a   Pinty, B ^a,b   Govaerts, Y ^c   Liang, S ^d   Verstraete, M M ^a   Gobron, N ^a   Widlowski, J L ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^c EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFLECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

BI-DIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL SCALE; DATA SETS; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE ALBEDO; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE QUANTITIES;

RADIOMETERS;

ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; BROADBAND DATA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA SET; LAND SURFACE; MODIS;

EID: 77949432117     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012665     Document Type: Article

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