The long-term monitoring of vegetation cover in the Amazonian region of northern Brazil using NOAA-AVHRR data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 3195-3210

  Batista, G T ^a   Shimabukuro, Y E ^a   Lawrence, W T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOMETERS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); INTER ANNUAL CLIMATIC VARIATIONS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); VEGETATION COVER;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NDVI; NORMALISED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0031252162     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697217044     Document Type: Article

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