Contrasting snow and ice albedos derived from MODIS, Landsat ETM+ and airborne data from Langjökull, Iceland

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 175, Issue , 2016, Pages 183-195

  Pope, Ed L ^a,b   Willis, Ian C ^a   Pope, Allen ^a,c   Miles, Evan S ^a   Arnold, Neil S ^a   Rees, W Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

6S; Albedo measurement; FLAASH; Glacier; Ice; Ice cap; Landsat; MODIS; Snow; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIERS; ICE; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

6S; FLAASH; ICE-CAPS; LANDSAT; MODIS; SPATIAL SCALE;

SOLAR RADIATION;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; BROADBAND DATA; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE CAP; ICE MECHANICS; ICE SHEET; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ICELAND; LANGJOKULL;

EID: 84954150847     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.12.051     Document Type: Article

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