Relative sensitivity of normalized difference vegetation Index (NDVI) and microwave polarization difference Index (MPDI) for vegetation and desertification monitoring

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 297-311

  Becker, Francois ^a   Choudhury, Bhaskar J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

DESERTIFICATION MONITORING; MICROWAVE POLARIZATION DIFFERENCE INDEX (MPDI); RELATIVE SENSITIVITY OF NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); VEGETATION MONITORING;

REMOTE SENSING;

DESERTIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION MONITORING;

EID: 0024165771     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(88)90031-4     Document Type: Article

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