Evaluation of 10 year AQUA/MODIS land surface temperature with SURFRAD observations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 830-856

  Li, Sanmei ^a   Yu, Yunyue ^b   Sun, Donglian ^a   Tarpley, Dan ^b   Zhan, Xiwu ^b   Chiu, Long ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; ERRORS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; RELATIVE AIR HUMIDITIES; SPLIT WINDOW ALGORITHMS; SURFACE RADIATION BUDGET NETWORKS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ALGORITHM; AQUA (SATELLITE); LAND SURFACE; MODIS; NDVI; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 84893949135     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.873149     Document Type: Article

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