Comparing night-time satellite land surface temperature from MODIS and ground measured air temperature across a conurbation

Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 657-666

  Tomlinson, Charlie J ^a   Chapman, Lee ^a   Thornes, John E ^a   Baker, Christopher J ^a   Prieto Lopez, Tatiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIRMINGHAM; DATA LOGGER; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PILOT PROJECTS;

ATMOSPHERICS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857552189     PISSN: 2150704X     EISSN: 21507058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.659354     Document Type: Article

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