Automatic and improved radiometric correction of landsat imageryusing reference values from MODIS surface reflectance images

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 243-254

  Pons, X ^a   Pesquer, L ^a   Cristobal J ^b   Gonzalez Guerrero O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

Landsat; Modis; Pseudoinvariant area; Radiometric correction

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AUTOMATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR CORRECTION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TERRA (SATELLITE);

EID: 84904742128     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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