Assessing viewing and illumination geometry effects on the MODIS vegetation index (MOD13Q1) time series: Implications for monitoring phenology and disturbances in forest communities in Queensland, Australia

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 7513-7538

  Bhandari, Santosh ^a   Phinn, Stuart ^a   Gill, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GEOMETRY; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; ILLUMINATION GEOMETRY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS VEGETATION INDICES; MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION INDEX VALUES;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOMETRY; MODIS; NDVI; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHENOLOGY; PIXEL; SPATIAL DATA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGY; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; GEOMETRY; ILLUMINATION; MONITORING; PHENOLS; PLANTS; REFLECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 82055192063     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.524675     Document Type: Article

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