An efficient approach for pixel decomposition to increase the spatial resolution of land surface temperature images from MODIS thermal infrared band data

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 304-330

  Wang, Fei ^a   Qin, Zhihao ^b   Li, Wenjuan ^b   Song, Caiying ^a   Karnieli, Arnon ^c   Zhao, Shuhe ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

ASTER; Land surface temperature; MODIS; Pixel decomposition; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED RADIATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ASTER; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODIS; PIXEL DECOMPOSITIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

PIXELS;

EID: 84919830390     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150100304     Document Type: Article

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