Evaluation of compositing period and AVHRR and MERIS combination for improvement of spring phenology detection in deciduous forests

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 158-166

  Pouliot, Darren ^a   Latifovic, Rasim ^a   Fernandes, Richard ^a   Olthof, Ian ^a  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DETECTION ACCURACY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; IN-SITU; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION EXTRACTION; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MULTI-SENSOR DATA; NDVI DATA; OPERATIONAL MISSION; PHENOLOGY DETECTION; SATELLITE TIME; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

BLOOMS (METAL); CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

SENSORS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; IN SITU TEST; NDVI; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOLOGY; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR;

BLOOM; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; PHENOLOGY; SENSORS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 77958107728     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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