Use of Normalized Difference Water Index for monitoring live fuel moisture

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1035-1042

  Dennison, P E ^a   Roberts, D A ^b   Peterson, S H ^b   Rechel, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CONDITION MONITORING; ECOSYSTEMS; FUELS; MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER; WATER ABSORPTION;

FUEL MOISTURE; LIVE FUELS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRODIOMETER (MODIS); NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX (NDWI);

REMOTE SENSING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODIS; NDVI; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 13644253122     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116042000273998     Document Type: Article

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