An overview of MODIS Land data processing and product status

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 3-15

  Justice, C O ^a   Townshend, J R G ^a   Vermote, E F ^a   Masuoka, E ^b   Wolfe, R E ^c   Saleous, N ^c   Roy, D P ^a   Morisette, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; NATURAL RESOURCES;

SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

DATA PROCESSING; GLOBAL CHANGE; MODIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

NASA;

EID: 0036847048     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00084-6     Document Type: Article

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