contributor author | Otterman, J. | |
contributor author | Tucker, C. J. | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:00:31Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T14:00:31Z | |
date copyright | 1985/03/01 | |
date issued | 1985 | |
identifier issn | 0733-3021 | |
identifier other | ams-10821.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4145981 | |
description abstract | Measurements of surface parameters in an arid steppe (the semi-desert of the northern Sinai) were made from the NOAA-6 satellite to assess the effects of the vegetation recovery in a fenced-off area. The radiances measured in the solar wavelengths over the vegetated area were about 25% lower than those measured over the surrounding bare sandy soil (where the surface albedo measured from Landsat is about 0.42). This implies a reduction in the albedo by the vegetation also by about 25% if both surfaces are regarded as Lambertian, but by as much as 42% if the vegetated area is modeled as a plane of soil with vertically protruding plants. The radiation temperatures in the 11 ?m channel at ?0730 LST measured over the vegetated area were by as much as 2.5 K higher than over the surrounding sands. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | Satellite Measurements of Surface Albedo and Temperatures in Semi-Desert | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 24 | |
journal issue | 3 | |
journal title | Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0450(1985)024<0228:SMOSAA>2.0.CO;2 | |
journal fristpage | 228 | |
journal lastpage | 235 | |
tree | Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology:;1985:;volume( 024 ):;issue: 003 | |
contenttype | Fulltext | |