A wetness index using terrain-corrected surface temperature and normalized difference vegetation index derived from standard MODIS products: An evaluation of its use in a humid forest-dominated region of Eastern Canada

Sensors

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2028-2048

  Hassan, Quazi K ^a   Bourque, Charles P A ^a,b   Meng, Fan Rui ^a   Cox, Roger M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Key Laboratory of Arid Climatic Change and Reducing Disaster of Gansu Province   (China)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

MODIS standard products; Normalized difference vegetation index; Soils; Surface potential temperature; Temperature vegetation wetness index; Vegetation; Water content

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FORESTRY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; SEA LEVEL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE POTENTIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; STANDARD PRODUCTS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; VEGETATION COMPONENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 36049012686     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s7102028     Document Type: Article

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