NDWI - A normalized difference water index for remote sensing of vegetation liquid water from space

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-266

  Gao, Bo Cai ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIRIS; CANOPY; LIQUID WATER; NDVI; NDWI; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION; VEGETATION CANOPY; VEGETATION LIQUID WATER;

USA, CALIFORNIA, JASPER RIDGE; USA, COLORADO, HIGH PLAINS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; INFRARED IMAGING; LIGHT SCATTERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFLECTOMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROMETRY; WATER ABSORPTION;

NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX (NDWI); VEGETATION CANOPIES; VEGETATION LIQUID WATER;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0030429663     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(96)00067-3     Document Type: Article

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