Near real-time monitoring of insect induced defoliation in subalpine birch forests with MODIS derived NDVI

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 181, Issue , 2016, Pages 42-53

  Olsson, Per Ola ^a   Lindström, Johan ^b   Eklundh, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Insect defoliation monitoring; Kalman filter; MODIS; NDVI; Near real time

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; KALMAN FILTERS; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; TRAJECTORIES;

FOREST DISTURBANCES; INSECT DEFOLIATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MODIS; NDVI; NEAR-REAL TIME; NEAR-REAL-TIME MONITORING; UNDISTURBED FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMONITORING; DEFOLIATION; DETECTION METHOD; FOREST COVER; INSECT; KALMAN FILTER; MODIS; NDVI; REAL TIME; REMOTE SENSING; THRESHOLD; TRAJECTORY;

SWEDEN;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84962786755     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.03.040     Document Type: Article

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