Satellite remote sensing as a tool for monitoring vegetation seasonality

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7104, Issue , 2008, Pages

  O'Connor, Brian A ^a   Dwyer, Ned ^a   Cawkwell, Fiona ^b  

^a Naval Base   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Composite period; Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR); Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS); Phenology; Seasonality; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; PHENOLIC RESINS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE OPTICS; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; WATER;

COMPOSITE PERIOD; FRACTION OF ABSORBED PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (FAPAR); MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER (MERIS); PHENOLOGY; SEASONALITY;

VEGETATION;

EID: 57649138705     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.799725     Document Type: Conference Paper

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