The precision of the NDVI derived from AVHRR observations

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-65

  Roderick, Michael ^a   Smith, Richard ^b   Cridland, Shane ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Remote Sensing Applications Centre

^c W Australian Dept of Agriculture

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR DATA; NDVI; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE;

AUSTRALIA;

NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; RADIANCE RESOLUTION; SIGNAL QUANTIZATION; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE;

DATA ACQUISITION; ERRORS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SATELLITES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0029666684     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(95)00213-8     Document Type: Article

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