Evaluation of estimating daily maximum and minimum air temperature with MODIS data in east Africa

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-140

  Lin, Shengpan ^a,b   Moore, Nathan J ^a,b   Messina, Joseph P ^b   DeVisser, Mark H ^b   Wu, Jiaping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air temperature estimation; Land surface temperature; MODIS; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUA (SATELLITE); ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND SURFACE; MODEL TEST; MODIS; NDVI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EAST AFRICA;

GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINIDAE;

EID: 84864497027     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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