the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China via Grant 2009AA122100;the National Natural Science Foundation of China via Grant 40901167 and 41201331 and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
An algorithm for retrieving global eight-day 5 km broadband emissivity (BBE)from advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) visible and nearinfrared data from 1981 through 1999 was presented. Land surface was di...