Estimating very high resolution urban surface temperature using a spectral unmixing and thermal mixing approach

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-164

  Deng, Chengbin ^a   Wu, Changshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Impervious surface fraction; Land surface temperature; Spectral unmixing; Thermal mixing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SENSING; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INFRARED MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84880374919     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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