Can MODIS EVI monitor ecosystem productivity in the Amazon rainforest?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 7176-7183

  Maeda, Eduardo Eiji ^a   Heiskanen, Janne ^a   Aragão, Luiz E O C ^b   Rinne, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; anomalies; EVI; MODIS; phenology

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SUN; VEGETATION;

AMAZON; ANOMALIES; EVI; MODIS; PHENOLOGY;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EVERGREEN FOREST; GEOMETRY; MODIS; PHENOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFOREST; SOLAR RADIATION;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84911453716     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061535     Document Type: Article

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