Satellite remote sensing of surface energy and mass balance: Results from FIFE

Autor: James R. Wang, Piers J. Sellers, Blaine L. Blad, D.E. Strebel, Robert D. Kelly, E. T. Kanemasu, F. Huemmrich, B. J. Markham, Forrest G. Hall
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Remote Sensing of Environment. 35:187-199
ISSN: 0034-4257
DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(91)90011-t
Popis: Results obtained from the FIFE experiments conducted in 1987 and 1989 are summarized. Data analyses indicate that the hypotheses linking energy balance components to surface biology and remote sensing are reasonable at a point level, and that satellite remote sensing can potentially provide useful estimates of the surface energy budget. An investigation of atmospheric scattering and absorption effects on satellite remote sensing of surface radiance shows that the magnitude of atmospheric opacity variations within the FIFE site and with season can have a large effect on satellite measured values of surface radiances. Comparisons of atmospherically corrected TM radiances with surface measured radiances agreed to within about two percent at the visible and near-infrared wavelengths and to 6 percent in the midinfrared.
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