Monitoring vegetation phenological cycles in two different semi-arid environmental settings using a ground-based NDVI system: A potential approach to improve satellite data interpretation

Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 990-1013

  Baghzouz, Malika ^a   Devitt, Dale A ^a   Fenstermaker, Lynn F ^b   Young, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Great Basin; Ground based NDVI system; Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper; NDVI; Phenological cycles; Semi arid environment

Indexed keywords

GREAT BASIN; GROUND BASED; LANDSAT-5; NDVI; PHENOLOGICAL CYCLES; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS;

CHLOROPHYLL; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOILS; SUN; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860391468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs2040990     Document Type: Article

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