Comparing MODIS daily snow albedo to spectral albedo field measurements in Central Greenland

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-129

  Wright, Patrick ^a   Bergin, Mike ^b   Dibb, Jack ^c   Lefer, Barry ^a   Domine, Florent ^d   Carman, Tobey ^e   Carmagnola, Carlo ^f   Dumont, Marie ^f   Courville, Zoe ^g   Schaaf, Crystal ^h   Wang, Zhuosen ^h  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^f Snow Research Center   (France)

^g Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenland; MODIS; Snow albedo; Summit

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SPECTRAL DEVICES; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; GREENLAND; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MODIS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SUMMIT;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MEASUREMENTS; RADIOMETERS; SNOW; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; ENERGY BALANCE; FIELD SURVEY; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; SUMMIT;

EID: 84884402599     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.08.044     Document Type: Article

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