Spectral compatibility of the NDVI across VIIRS, MODIS, and AVHRR: An analysis of atmospheric effects using EO-1 hyperion

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1349-1359

  Miura, Tomoaki ^a   Turner, Joshua P ^a   Huete, Alfredo R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data continuity; spectral vegetation index; vegetation monitoring

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION SCHEMES; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; DATA CONTINUITY; DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY; EARTH OBSERVING; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA RECORDS; GLOBAL SET; HYPERION; HYPERSPECTRAL DATA; INTERSENSOR; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NEAR-INFRARED BANDS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; RAYLEIGH; SPECTRAL VEGETATION INDICES; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION MONITORING;

OZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSORS; VAPORS;

RADIOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; AVHRR; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EOS; HYPERION; MODIS; NDVI; NOAA SATELLITE; OZONE; REFLECTANCE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

HYPERION;

EID: 84874659679     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2224118     Document Type: Article

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