Improving the SMAC atmospheric correction code by analysis of Meteosat Second Generation NDVI and surface reflectance data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1687-1698

  Proud, Simon Richard ^a   Rasmussen, Mads Olander ^a   Fensholt, Rasmus ^a   Sandholt, Inge ^a   Shisanya, Chris ^b   Mutero, Wycliffe ^c   Mbow, Cheikh ^d   Anyamba, Assaf ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

6S; Atmospheric correction; In situ measurements; Meteosat Second Generation; NDVI; Radiative transfer; SEVIRI; SMAC

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY IMPROVEMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PERTURBATIONS; DATA SOURCE; HIGH QUALITY DATA; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS; LAND SURFACE; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; NORMALISED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PROCESSING SPEED; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; REFLECTANCE VALUES; S-METHOD; SATELLITE SIGNALS; SIMPLIFIED METHOD; SIMULATED DATA; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SPACE-BASED SENSORS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; METEOSAT; NDVI; PERTURBATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

AFRICA;

EID: 77955320565     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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