Critical assessment of vegetation indices from avhrr in a semi-arid environment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2549-2563

  Leprieur, C ^a   Kerr, Y H ^a   Pichon, J M ^b  

^a CNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT MONITORING INDEX (GEMI); GREEN VEGETATION DETECTION; MODIFIED SOIL ADJUSTED VEGETATION INDEX (MSAVI); NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AVHRR; GEMI; HAPEX SAHEL DATABASE; MSAVI; NDVI; SEMIARID ENVIRONMENT; SOIL OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION INDEX;

AFRICA, SAHEL;

EID: 0030237101     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608949092     Document Type: Article

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