Thermal inertia imaging: A new geologic mapping tool
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 3 (1) , 26-28
- https://doi.org/10.1029/gl003i001p00026
Abstract
A thermal model of the Earth's surface has been developed and used to determine the thermal inertia of a test site in the Mojave Desert, California. The model, which includes meteorological heating terms as well as radiation and conduction heating terms, is used with remotely sensed surface temperature and reflectance data to determine the thermal inertia of the surface materials at the test site. The thermal inertia is displayed in image form, and can aid in the differentiation of the various lithologic materials in the test site. Since this thermal property is representative of the upper several cm of the surface, it complements visible and reflected near‐IR image data.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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