A simple retrieval method of land surface temperature from AMSR-E passive microwave data-A case study over Southern China during the strong snow disaster of 2008

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-151

  Chen, Shui Sen ^a,b   Chen, Xiu Zhi ^a,b,c   Chen, Wei Qi ^d   Su, Yong Xian ^a,b,c   Li, Da ^a,b,c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMSR E; GIS; LST; Microwave remote sensing; MPDI; Southern China; Vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMSR-E; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GIS; LAND SURFACE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NATURAL DISASTER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CHINA;

EID: 79952735863     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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