An enhanced physical method for downscaling thermal infrared radiance

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 690-694

  Liu, Desheng ^a   Zhu, Xiaolin ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER); downscale; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); thermal infrared (TIR) radiance

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; BLOCK EFFECTS; DOWN-SCALING; DOWNSCALE; DOWNSCALING METHODS; EARTH'S SURFACE; HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PHYSICAL METHODS; SATELLITE THERMAL SENSORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THERMAL INFRARED; UPSCALING; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETERS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84862827928     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2011.2178814     Document Type: Article

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