Annual changes in MODIS vegetation indices of Swedish coniferous forests in relation to snow dynamics and tree phenology

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2719-2730

  Jonsson A M ^a   Eklundh, L ^a   Hellstrom M ^a   Barring L ^a,b   Jonsson P ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coniferous forest; MODIS; NDVI; Norway spruce; Phenology; Scots pine; TIMESAT; WDRVI

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FORESTS; MODIS; NDVI; NORWAY SPRUCE; PHENOLOGY; SCOTS PINE; TIMESAT; WDRVI;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CURVE FITTING; FORESTRY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SNOW; TIME MEASUREMENT;

VEGETATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOREAL FOREST; BUDBURST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; MODIS; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOOT; SNOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; PHENOLOGY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SNOW; SWEDEN; TIME MEASUREMENT;

SWEDEN;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77956179791     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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