Use of MODIS enhanced vegetation index to detect seasonal patterns of leaf phenology in central Amazon várzea forest

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hess, Laura ^a   Ratana, Piyachat ^b   Huete, Alfredo ^b   Potter, Chris ^c   Melack, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

EVI; Flooded forest; MODIS; Phenology; V rzea

Indexed keywords

AMAZON FLOODPLAIN; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FOREST SITES; LEAF AREA; LEAF PHENOLOGY; MEDIAN VALUE; QUALITY ANALYSIS; RIVER LEVELS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

GEOLOGY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 77951269376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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