Evaluation of the relationship between air and land surface temperature under clear- and cloudy-sky conditions

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 767-775

  Gallo, Kevin ^a   Hale, Robert ^b   Tarpley, Dan ^c   Yu, Yunyue ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b National Center for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^c Short and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; Land surface; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUDY CONDITIONS; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; LAND SURFACE CONDITIONS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REFERENCE NETWORK; SKY CONDITION; SURFACE FEATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND SPEED;

CLOUDS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; LAND SURFACE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER STATION;

EID: 79955003744     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2460.1     Document Type: Article

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