Title
Terrestrial vegetation phenology from MODIS and MERIS
Abstract
Phenological information can be provided globally using remote sensing based time-series vegetation indices. Basic differences in the data and methods used can yield different results. This study analysed such differences in the phenological information, mainly onset of greenness (OG), estimated using the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data and the Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (MTCI) from Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) data. The two datasets were processed independently using different techniques to provide weekly estimates. Differences in the OG results were analysed for two years (2003 & 2006) and at four levels: a) full study area, b) within land cover classes, c) within core zones of each class and d) at the edge zones of each class. It was found that the trend of OG estimated from MODIS and MERIS were spatially similar, although not the same. From 15 Biome classes found in the study area the classes with the greatest differences were evergreen needle leaf, mixed forest and cropland. The differences were mainly due to the characteristic nature of the indices and also, to some extent, due to false internal flags in the algorithms.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650124
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Keywords
Field
DocType
time series,vegetation,vegetation mapping,EVI,MERIS data,MODIS data,MTCI,Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer,Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer,biomes,enhanced vegetation index,greenness onset,phenological information,remote sensing based time series vegetation indices,terrestrial chlorophyll index,terrestrial vegetation phenology,EVI,MERIS,MODIS,MTCI,phenology
Imaging spectrometer,Vegetation,Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer,Evergreen,Computer science,Remote sensing,Biome,Enhanced vegetation index,Land cover,Phenology
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2153-6996 E-ISBN : 978-1-4244-9564-1
978-1-4244-9564-1
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
C. Jeganathan181.21
Sumit Ganguly2813236.01
Jadunandan Dash33910.75
Mark A. Friedl428836.92