Estimation of the ratio of sensor degradation between NOAA AVHRR channels 1 and 2 from monthly NDVI composites

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 206-213

  Los, Sietse O ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AVHRR; Desert calibration; NDVI composites; Sensor degradation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALIBRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); SENSOR DEGRADATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0031701567     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.655330     Document Type: Article

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