Use of remotely sensed land surface temperature as a proxy for air temperatures at high elevations: Findings from a 5000m elevational transect across Kilimanjaro

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 9998-10015

  Pepin, N C ^a   Maeda, E E ^b   Williams, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUA (SATELLITE); CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMIDITY; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; NDVI; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW COVER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TERRA (SATELLITE); TRANSECT; WEATHER STATION;

KILIMANJARO [KILIMANJARO (RGA)]; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 84985919175     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025497     Document Type: Article

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