Validating MODIS and sentinel-2 NDVI products at a temperate deciduous forest site using two independent ground-based sensors

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Lange, Maximilian ^a   Dechant, Benjamin ^a   Rebmann, Corinna ^a   Vohland, Michael ^b   Cuntz, Matthias ^a,c   Doktor, Daniel ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Automatic; Hyperspectral; Measurements; MODIS; Multispectral; Phenology; Sensor; Sentinel 2; Site; Validation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; INFORMATION FILTERING; MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSORS; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

AUTOMATIC; HYPERSPECTRAL; MODIS; MULTI-SPECTRAL; PHENOLOGY; SENTINEL-2; SITE; VALIDATION;

RADIOMETERS;

ALGORITHM; FOREST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALGORITHMS; FORESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 85027252998     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s17081855     Document Type: Article

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