Validation of GOES-R satellite land surface temperature algorithm using SURFRAD ground measurements and statistical estimates of error properties

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 704-713

  Yu, Yunyue ^a   Tarpley, Dan ^b   Privette, Jeffrey L ^a   Flynn, Lawrence E ^a   Xu, Hui ^c   Chen, Ming ^c   Vinnikov, Konstantin Y ^d   Sun, Donglian ^e   Tian, Yuhong ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b I M Systems Group Inc ^*  (United States)

^c IM Systems Group Inc   (United States)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm evaluation; Land surface temperature (LST); Satellite measurement; SURFace RADiation (SURFRAD)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUDGET CONTROL; ERRORS; SATELLITES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ADVANCED BASELINE IMAGER; ALGORITHM EVALUATION; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE-R; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE RADIATION;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

EID: 84873186644     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2162338     Document Type: Article

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