Thermal inertia mapping
A. F. H. Goetz, A. R. Gillespie, Anne B. Kahle, John D. Addington · International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment · 1975
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 data to determine thermal inertia of materials. The thermal inertia is displayed in image form, and can aid in the differentiation of the various lithologic materials in the test site.