The MERIS Global Vegetation Index (MGVI): Description and preliminary application

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1917-1927

  Gobron, Nadine ^a   Pinty, Bernard ^a   Verstraete, Michel ^a   Govaerts, Yves ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; LIGHTING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS; VEGETATION;

GLOBAL VEGETATION INDEX; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX;

REMOTE SENSING;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MERIS; SCATTERING; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 0033563854     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699212542     Document Type: Article

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