Estimating global land surface broadband thermal-infrared emissivity using advanced very high resolution radiometer optical data

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL1, 2013, Pages 34-49

  Cheng, Jie ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced very high resolution radiometer; broadband emissivity; earth observation; global land surface satellite; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; soil taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); INFRARED DEVICES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOILS; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

BROADBAND EMISSIVITY; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL LAND SURFACE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SOIL TAXONOMY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION;

ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; AVHRR; EMISSIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; NDVI; OPTICAL METHOD; RADIOMETER;

EID: 84880336498     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2013.783129     Document Type: Article

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