Consistency of vegetation index seasonality across the Amazon rainforest

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 42-53

  Maeda, Eduardo Eiji ^a   Moura, Yhasmin Mendes ^b   Wagner, Fabien ^b   Hilker, Thomas ^c,d   Lyapustin, Alexei I ^e   Wang, Yujie ^f   Chave, Jérôme ^g   Mõttus, Matti ^a   Aragão, Luiz E O C ^b   Shimabukuro, Yosio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

BRDF effect; EVI; GEP; MAIAC; MODIS; NDVI; Phenology; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; MODIS; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONALITY;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84997795123     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2016.05.005     Document Type: Article

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