Thermal-based techniques for land cover change detection using a new dynamic MODIS multispectral emissivity product (MOD21)

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 755-765

  Hulley, Glynn ^a   Veraverbeke, Sander ^a   Hook, Simon ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASTER; Emissivity; Land cover change; MOD21; MODIS; Multispectral; Temperature emissivity separation

Indexed keywords

ASTER; EMISSIVITY; LAND-COVER CHANGE; MOD21; MODIS; MULTI-SPECTRAL;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; SIGNAL DETECTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION;

ALGORITHM; ASTER; DATA ACQUISITION; EMISSIVITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MODIS; NDVI; NEAR INFRARED; SNOWMELT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84887130527     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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