Evaluation of Landsat and MODIS data fusion products for analysis of dryland forest phenology

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 381-393

  Walker, J J ^a   De Beurs, K M ^b   Wynne, R H ^a   Gao, F ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data fusion; Drylands; Land surface phenology; Landsat; MODIS; STARFM

Indexed keywords

DRY LAND; LAND SURFACE PHENOLOGY; LANDSAT; MODIS; STARFM;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGY; DATA FUSION; FORESTRY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PHENOLS; PIXELS; REFLECTION; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

RADIOMETERS;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; LANDSAT; MODIS; PHENOLOGY; PIXEL; REFLECTANCE; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; TIME SERIES;

ALGORITHMS; FORESTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855434548     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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