Assessing the phenology of southern tropical Africa: A comparison of hemispherical photography, scatterometry, and optical/NIR remote sensing

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 519-528

  Ryan, Casey M ^a   Williams, Mathew ^a   Hill, Timothy C ^a,b   Grace, John ^a   Woodhouse, Iain H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy phenology; Land surface phenology (LSP); Scatterometry; Start of season

Indexed keywords

CANOPY PHENOLOGIES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; LAND SURFACE PHENOLOGY; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; ROBUST OBSERVATION; SCATTEROMETRY; START OF SEASONS (SOS);

BIOLOGY; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TIME SERIES; TROPICS;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWING SEASON; INFRARED RADIATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; OPTICAL METHOD; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUIKSCAT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SAVANNA; SCATTEROMETER; WOODLAND;

BIOLOGY; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST CANOPY; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84890430135     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2242081     Document Type: Article

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