Multi-angular thermal infrared observations of terrestrial vegetation

Advances in Land Remote Sensing: System, Modeling, Inversion and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 51-93

  Menenti, Massimo ^a,b   Jia, Li ^c   Li, Zhao Liang ^a,d  

^a UMR 7005   (France)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; FORESTRY; INFRARED RADIATION; LUMINANCE; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; SPACE OPTICS; VEGETATION;

ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETERS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COMPONENT TEMPERATURES; SOIL VEGETATION ATMOSPHERES; TERRESTRIAL LANDSCAPE; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION; THERMAL HETEROGENEITY; THERMAL INFRARED REGIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84900227470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6450-0_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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