Spatial scaling of reflectance and surface albedo over a mixed-use, temperate forest landscape during snow-covered periods

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 465-477

  Burakowski, Elizabeth A ^a   Ollinger, Scott V ^a   Lepine, Lucie ^a   Schaaf, Crystal B ^b   Wang, Zhuosen ^b   Dibb, Jack E ^a   Hollinger, David Y ^c   Kim, JiHyun ^d   Erb, Angel ^b   Martin, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Hyperspectral imagery; MODIS; Reflectance; Snow; Spatial representativeness; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; TOWERS;

ALBEDO; HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGERIES; MODIS; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIVENESS; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

SNOW;

ALBEDO; AQUA (SATELLITE); HETEROGENEITY; MIXED FOREST; MODIS; REFLECTANCE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TEMPERATE FOREST; WAVELENGTH;

FORESTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 84921054900     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.11.023     Document Type: Article

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