Severe cloud contamination of MODIS Land Surface Temperatures over an Arctic ice cap, Svalbard

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 142, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-102

  Østby, Torbjørn I ^a   Schuler, Thomas V ^a   Westermann, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Austfonna; Glacier; Land Surface Temperature; MODIS; Snow; Svalbard; Validation

Indexed keywords

AUSTFONNA; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODIS; SVALBARD; VALIDATION;

CLOUDS; GLACIERS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICE CAP; LAND SURFACE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MODIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; AUSTFONNA; NORDAUSTLANDET; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84890290162     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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