Predicting spatiotemporal mean air temperature using MODIS satellite surface temperature measurements across the Northeastern USA

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 150, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-139

  Kloog, Itai ^a   Nordio, Francesco ^b   Coull, Brent A ^b   Schwartz, Joel ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Epidemiology; Exposure error; MODIS; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; RADIOMETERS; RURAL AREAS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EXPOSURE ERRORS; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURES; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; MODIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

MASSACHUSETTS; MID-ATLANTIC STATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900860909     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.04.024     Document Type: Article

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