Investigation of the maximum Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the maximum surface temperature (Ts) AVHRR compositing procedures for the extraction of NDVI and Ts over forest

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2383-2401

  Roy, D P ^a,b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RADIOMETERS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NDVI; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 0031181965     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697217675     Document Type: Article

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