A comparative analysis of three different MODIS NDVI datasets for Alaska and adjacent Canada

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue , 2010, Pages S149-S167

  Ji, Lei ^a   Wylie, Bruce ^b   Ramachandran, Bhaskar ^b   Jenkerson, Calli ^b  

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

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1KM RESOLUTION; ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; DATA USABILITY; GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; GEOMETRIC FEATURE; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; LEVEL-1; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER DATUM; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PIXEL LEVEL; RADIOMETRIC CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE SOURCE; RESAMPLING; SCIENCE CENTERS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; PIXELS; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STANDARDS; VEGETATION;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 77956135947     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-015     Document Type: Article

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