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FIFE: Analysis and results - A reviewThis paper describes the first results of the data analysis carried out for the First International Satellite Surface Climatology Project Field Experiment (FIFE) conducted over a 15 x 15 km grasslands study area in the central United States. Preliminary results show that the energy and mass flux data collected at several diurnal cycles during different parts of the growing season are of high quality. It was found that the canopy radiometric brightness temperature measured in the 10.4-12.3 microns is linearly related to seasonal variations in canopy aerodynamic temperature, and, thus, may provide a useful measure of sensible heat flux from the surface. Airborne monitoring of the mass and heat flux in the atmospheric boundary layer were found to be adequate for studies of the energy and mass budgets above the test site.
Document ID
19900023060
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Hall, F. G.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Sellers, P. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Markham, B.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Wang, J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Strebel, D. E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Macpherson, I.
(National Research Council of Canada Ottawa, United States)
Kelly, R. D.
(Wyoming, University Laramie, United States)
Verma, S.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Blad, B.
(Nebraska, University Lincoln, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Advances in Space Research
Volume: 9
Issue: 7, 19
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
90A10115
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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