How can we use MODIS land surface temperature to validate long-term urban model simulations?

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3185-3201

  Hu, Leiqiu ^a   Brunsell, Nathaniel A ^a   Monaghan, Andrew J ^b   Barlage, Michael ^b   Wilhelmi, Olga V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN PLANNING;

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODEL VALIDATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER DATUM; SURFACE RADIOMETRIC TEMPERATURES; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; VIEW ANGLES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; LAND SURFACE; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN CLIMATE; VIEW;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898832171     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021101     Document Type: Article

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