Continental-scale validation of MODIS-based and LEDAPS Landsat ETM+ atmospheric correction methods

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 122, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-184

  Ju, Junchang ^a   Roy, David P ^a   Vermote, Eric ^b   Masek, Jeffrey ^c   Kovalskyy, Valeriy ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric correction; Landsat; Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS); MODIS; Web enabled Landsat Data (WELD)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE PROCESSING; AERONET; AEROSOL CHARACTERIZATION; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL TYPES; ATMOSPHERIC CHARACTERIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; CONTINENTAL SCALE; DATA SETS; ECOSYSTEM DISTURBANCE; LANDSAT; LANDSAT ETM+; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES; VALIDATION RESULTS; WAVELENGTH BAND;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; DATA PROCESSING; NASA; VAPORS; WELDING; WELDS;

RADIOMETERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; PIXEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TERRA (SATELLITE); WATER VAPOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865425646     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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