Systematic land cover bias in Collection 5 MODIS cloud mask and derived products - A global overview

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 141, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-154

  Wilson, Adam M ^a   Parmentier, Benoit ^b   Jetz, Walter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Cloud detection; Land cover; Land surface temperature; MODIS; Net primary productivity; Validation

Indexed keywords

BIAS; CLOUD DETECTION; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; VALIDATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEMS;

RADIOMETERS;

ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

EID: 84888053539     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.10.025     Document Type: Article

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