Application of Landsat-7 ETM+ and MODIS products in mapping seasonal accumulation of growing degree days at an enhanced resolution

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Hassan, Quazi K ^a   Bourque, Charles P A ^a,b   Meng, Fan Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Data fusion; Enhanced vegetation index; Growing degree days; MODIS; Statistical properties

Indexed keywords

DATA FUSION; MAPPING; RADIOMETERS; VEGETATION;

CHRONOLOGICAL SERIES; DATA FUSION METHODS; ENHANCED RESOLUTIONS; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; GROWING DEGREE DAYS; MODIS; PRODUCT ENHANCEMENTS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 52649159816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2800284     Document Type: Article

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