Inter-comparison of ASTER and MODIS surface reflectance and vegetation index products for synergistic applications to natural resource monitoring

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2480-2499

  Miura, Tomoaki ^a   Yoshioka, Hiroki ^b   Fujiwara, Kayo ^a   Yamamoto, Hirokazu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

ASTER; MODIS; Product inter comparison; Surface reflectance; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

ASTER; INTERCOMPARISONS; MODIS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; VEGETATION INDEX;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSORS; VEGETATION;

REFLECTION;

EID: 43049130013     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8042480     Document Type: Article

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