Quantitative comparison of the operational NOAA-AVHRR LST product of DLR and the MODIS LST product V005

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 7165-7183

  Frey, Corinne Myrtha ^a   Kuenzer, Claudia ^b   Dech, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE; ALGORITHM APPROACHES; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LOWER TEMPERATURES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALGORITHM; AVHRR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; NOAA SATELLITE; PIXEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84863503041     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.699693     Document Type: Article

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