Spatial and temporal variations of land surface temperature over the Tibetan Plateau based on harmonic analysis

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-94

  Xu, Yongming ^a   Shen, Yan ^b   Wu, Ziyue ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^c Nanjing Pukou Industry and Information Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

harmonic analysis; Land surface temperature (LST); Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); spatiotemporal variations; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLOUD COVER; DATA PROCESSING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84874828089     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-12-00090.1     Document Type: Article

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