Evaluation of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer land surface visible and shortwave albedo products at FLUXNET sites

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Kaicun ^a,b   Liang, Shunlin ^a   Schaaf, Crystal L ^c   Strahler, Alan H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MOLECULAR SCATTERING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FLUXNET; LAND SURFACE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NEGATIVE BIAS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; SCATTERING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 77956506308     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013101     Document Type: Article

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