Evaluation of Sub-pixel cloud noises on MODIS daily spectral indices based on in situ measurements

Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1644-1662

  Motohka, Takeshi ^a,b   Nasahara, Kenlo Nishida ^b   Murakami, Kazutaka ^b   Nagai, Shin ^c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloud noise; EVI; EVI2; MODIS; NDII; NDVI; NDWI; Phenological eyes network; Spectral index

Indexed keywords

EVI; EVI2; MODIS; NDII; NDVI; NDWI; PHENOLOGICAL EYES NETWORK; SPECTRAL INDICES;

CLOUDS; FORESTRY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIXELS; POLLUTION DETECTION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS; POLLUTION; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052643359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs3081644     Document Type: Article

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