Comparison of MODIS and AVHRR 16-day normalized difference vegetation index composite data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Gallo, Kevin ^a   Ji, Lei ^b   Reed, Brad ^c   Dwyer, John ^c   Eidenshink, Jeffery ^c  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INFRARED RADIATION; SENSORS;

LAND SURFACE PROPERTIES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

VEGETATION;

AVHRR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ASSIMILATION; MODIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042780038     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019385     Document Type: Article

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