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Satellite remote sensing of surface energy and mass balance - Results from FIFEResults 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.
Document ID
19920034507
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Hall, F. G.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Markham, B. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Wang, J. R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Huemmrich, F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Sellers, P. J.
(Maryland, University College Park, United States)
Strebel, D. E.
(Versar, Inc. Columbia, MD, United States)
Kanemasu, E. T.
(Georgia, University Griffin, United States)
Kelly, Robert D.
(Wyoming, University Laramie, United States)
Blad, Blaine L.
(Nebraska, University Lincoln, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Remote Sensing of Environment
Volume: 35
ISSN: 0034-4257
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
92A17131
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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