Downscaling MODIS LST in the East African mountains using elevation gradient and land-cover information

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3094-3108

  Maeda, Eduardo Eiji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYING; VEGETATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LAND COVER INFORMATIONS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS;

PIXELS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DOWNSCALING; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; MODIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NDVI; PIXEL; RESOLUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

KILIMANJARO [KILIMANJARO (RGA)]; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 84899645315     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.903442     Document Type: Article

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