Spatio-temporal variability in remotely sensed land surface temperature, and its relationship with physiographic variables in the Russian Altay Mountains

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-19

  Van De Kerchove, R ^a   Lhermitte, S ^b,c   Veraverbeke, S ^a,d   Goossens, R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast Fourier transform (FFT); Land surface temperature (LST); Physiographic predictors; Russian altay mountains; Spatio temporal variability

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84872761303     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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