A physically based vegetation index for improved monitoring of plant phenology

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 152, Issue , 2014, Pages 512-525

  Jin, Hongxiao ^a   Eklundh, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enhanced vegetation index (EVI); High northern latitude; Leaf area index (LAI); Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI); Plant phenology index (PPI); Snow influence; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; INFRARED DEVICES; REFLECTION; SNOW;

ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; LEAF AREA INDEX; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; NORTHERN LATITUDES; PLANT PHENOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVERGREEN FOREST; LEAF AREA INDEX; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SIGNAL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; BOREAL FOREST; FOLIAGE; MONITORING; PLANT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTANCE; VEGETATION INDEX;

BIOLOGY; COEFFICIENTS; FORESTRY; PHENOLOGY; PLANTS; REFLECTION; SNOW;

EID: 84905496892     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.07.010     Document Type: Article

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