Generation and assessment of MODIS time series using quality information

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 779-782

  Colditz, René R ^a,b   Conrad, Christopher ^a,b   Wehrmarm, Thilo ^a,b   Schmidt, Michael ^a,b   Dech, Stefan ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data quality; Land surface processes; MODIS; Quality assessment; Time series; Western Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIOMASS; DATA REDUCTION; RADAR IMAGING; RADIOMETERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

DATA QUALITY; LAND SURFACE PROCESSES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WESTERN AFRICA;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 34948866690     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2006.200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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