Validating satellite phenology through intensive ground observation and landscape scaling in a mixed seasonal forest

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-157

  Liang, Liang ^a   Schwartz, Mark D ^b   Fei, Songlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

EOS land validation core sites; Land surface phenology; Landscape phenology; MODIS; Phenology; Validation

Indexed keywords

EOS LAND VALIDATION CORE SITES; LAND SURFACE PHENOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PHENOLOGY; MODIS; PHENOLOGY; VALIDATION;

CURRICULA; ECOLOGY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LAND SURFACE; LANDSCAPE; LOGISTICS; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHENOLOGY; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TIME SERIES;

EID: 77958083020     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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