Evaluating the Common Procedure to Determine the Energy Balance at the Earth's Surface from Space
Abstract
The common procedure to determine the energy balance and, hence, the brightness temperature at the earth's surface on the basis of satellite data will be evaluated by discussing the inherent procedural and stochastic errors. The evaluation will be performed for aerodynamically smooth surfaces like the surfaces of natural water systems and snow packs as well as aerodynamically rough surfaces covered by low and tall vegetation elements.
- Publication:
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AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- May 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004AGUSMGC44A..01K
- Keywords:
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- 1600 GLOBAL CHANGE;
- 1610 Atmosphere (0315;
- 0325);
- 1645 Solid Earth;
- 3309 Climatology (1620);
- 3359 Radiative processes