Combining Satellite Remote Sensing with Field Observations for Land Surface Heat Fluxes over Inhomogeneous Landscape

By Ma Yaoming & Osamu Tsukamoto
Published in 2002
Page: 172 pages
Size: 172x232mm, paperback
Price: US$45

Contents

1. Introduction
(1) Background
(2) Objectives
(3) Outline of the book
2. Land surface process experiments: GAME/Tibet, HEIFE and AECMP'95
(1) GAME/Tibet
(2) HEIFE
(3) AECMP'95
3. Characteristics of energy transfer and micrometeorology in the atmospheric surface layer of GAME/Tibet, HEIFE and AECMP'95
(1) Introduction
(2) Experiments
(3) Data processing
(4) Results analysis
(5) Concluding remarks
4. Determination of the regional land surface heat fluxes over inhomogeneous landscape of GAME/Tibet by combining NOAA/AVHRR data with field observations
(1) Introduction
(2) Satellite data and field data
(3) Vegetation variables
(4) Land surface variables
(5) Parameterization of the regional land surface heat fluxes
(6) Case studies and validations
(7) Concluding remarks
5. Determination of the regional land surface heat fluxes over inhomogeneous landscape of HEIFE using Surface Energy Balance Algorithms for Land (SEBAL)
(1) Introduction
(2) Satellite data and field data
(3) Land surface variables and NDVI
(4) Parameterization of the regional land surface heat fluxes
(5) Concluding remarks
6. Parameterization of the regional land surface heat fluxes over inhomogeneous landscape of HEIFE and AECMP'95 by combining Landsat TM data with field observations
(1) Introduction
(2) Landsat TM data and field abservation data
(3) Theory and scheme
(4) Case study and validation
(5) Concluding remarks
7. Summary and conclusion