Integration of MODIS-derived metrics to assess interannual variability in snowpack, lake ice, and NDVI in southwest Alaska

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1443-1452

  Reed, Bradley ^a   Budde, Michael ^b   Spencer, Page ^c   Miller, Amy E ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem monitoring; Lake ice; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI); Phenology; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); PHENOLOGY; SNOW COVER;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ICE; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; LAKES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RADIOMETERS; SNOW; SPECTROMETERS;

VEGETATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MODIS; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SNOWPACK; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION INDEX;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349087939     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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