Cross-comparison of albedo products for glacier surfaces derived from airborne and satellite (Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8) optical data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Naegeli, Kathrin ^a   Damm, Alexander ^b   Huss, Matthias ^a,c   Wulf, Hendrik ^b   Schaepman, Michael ^b   Hoelzle, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Albedo; APEX; Glacier; Landsat; Light absorbing impurities; Narrow to broadband; Sentinel 2

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; ICE; IMAGE RESOLUTION;

ALBEDO; APEX; LANDSAT; NARROW-TO-BROADBAND; SENTINEL-2;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 85013648412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs90201010     Document Type: Article

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