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Scale effect of Planck’s law over nonisothermal blackbody surface

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Many physical laws, principles, models, measurement methods, etc., are applicable only to either a point on surface or a homogeneous surface. However, remote sensing deals with pixels which may range from meters to kilometers. Therefore scale effects of these laws and measurements are inevitable problems which must be faced. As an example, the spatial scale effect of Planck Law over nonisothermal blackbody surface is considered.

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  1. Research Center for Remote Sensing and GIS, Beijing Normal University, 100101, Beijing, China

    Xiaowen Li & Jindi Wang

  2. Department of Geography and Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University, D2215, MA, USA

    Xiaowen Li & A. H. Strahler

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  1. Xiaowen Li
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Project supported partly by China’s Key-Importance Basic Research Program (95-Y-38), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 49671059), partly by NASA’s grants NAG 5-7217 and NAS 5-31369.

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Li, X., Wang, J. & Strahler, A.H. Scale effect of Planck’s law over nonisothermal blackbody surface. Sci. China Ser. E-Technol. Sci. 42, 652–656 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02917003

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