Rapid satellite data streams in operational applications
    have clear benefits for monitoring land cover, 
    especially when information can be delivered as fast as changing
    surface conditions. Over the past decade,
    remote sensing has become a key tool for monitoring and predicting
    environmental variables by using satellite data. 
    This package presents the main applications in remote sensing for 
    land surface monitoring and land cover mapping (soil, vegetation, water...).
     Tomlinson, C.J., Chapman, L., Thornes, E., Baker, C (2011) <doi:10.1002/met.287>.

Due to lack of proper inference procedure and software,
        the ordinary linear regression model is seldom used in practice
        for the analysis of right censored data. This paper presents an
        S-Plus/R program that implements a recently developed inference
        procedure (Jin, Lin and Ying, 2006) <doi:10.1093/biomet/93.1.147> 
        for the accelerated failure time model based on the least-squares
        principle.

Calculates Land Surface Temperature from Landsat band 10 and 11.
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  Land Surface Temperature Retrieval from Landsat 8 TIRS—Comparison between Radiative Transfer Equation-Based Method, Split Window Algorithm and Single Channel Method. Yu X, Guo X, Wu Z (2014). <doi:10.3390/rs6109829>.
  Calibration and Validation of land surface temperature for Landsat8-TIRS sensor. Land product validation and evolution. Skoković D, Sobrino JA, Jimenez-Munoz JC, Soria G, Julien Y, Mattar C, Cristóbal J. (2014).