The potential of multitemporal Aqua and Terra MODIS apparent thermal inertia as a soil moisture indicator

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 934-941

  Van Doninck, Jasper ^a   Peters, Jan ^a   De Baets, Bernard ^a   De Clercq, Eva M ^b   Ducheyne, Els ^b   Verhoest, Niko E C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AMSR E; Apparent thermal inertia; MODIS; Multitemporal analysis; Soil moisture; Thermal infrared

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; AQUA (SATELLITE); IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; TERRA (SATELLITE);

EID: 84859333417     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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