Empirical models for estimating daily maximum, minimum and mean air temperatures with MODIS land surface temperatures

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 9415-9440

  Zhang, Wen ^a   Huang, Yao ^a   Yu, Yongqiang ^a   Sun, Wenjuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETERMINATION COEFFICIENTS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURES; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 82155170620     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.560622     Document Type: Article

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