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| Title: | An Approach to Estimating Surface Parameters and Fluxes Using Modeling and Multispectral Remote Sensing |
| Authors: | Njoku, E.
Chehbouni, A.
Cabot, F.
Rague, B.
Flemming, K.
Kerr, Y. |
| Issue Date: | 8-Aug-1994 |
| Citation: | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA |
| Abstract: | Water and energy exchanges at the land-atmosphere interface play a key role in determining patterns of regional and global climate. However, accurate estimation of surface fluxes of sensible and latent over arid and semiarid regions is a challenging task. In this study, a scenario for assimilating satellite data in the visible-infrared (AVHRR) and in the microwave (SSM/I) spectral ranges in a hydrological flux model will be presented. The aim of our investigation over the HAPEX-Sahel area in West Africa is to show that the use of multispectral remotely sensed data, in conjunction with radiative transfer models and hydrological flux model, can provide reasonable estimates of the surface fluxes. A discussion of the potentials and limitations of the approach is presented. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/34482 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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