Flux measurements in Cairo. Part 2: On the determination of the spatial radiation and energy balance using ASTER satellite data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2635-2660

  Frey, Corinne Myrtha ^a,b   Parlow, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Radiation fluxes; Remote sensing; Turbulent heat fluxes

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC RESISTANCE; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; EMPIRICAL METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; GROUND DATA; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MODTRAN; NET RADIATION; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATION FLUXES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGES; SOIL HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL ESTIMATION; SPATIAL RADIATION; SURFACE RADIATION; TURBULENT FLUX; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; URBAN AREAS; VEGETATION INDEX;

ENERGY BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84869232788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4092635     Document Type: Article

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