ASTER DEMs for geomatic and geoscientific applications: a review

T Toutin - International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2008‏ - Taylor & Francis
Most geoscientific applications using georeferenced cartographic/geospatial data require
good knowledge and visualization of the topography of the Earth's surface. For example …

Robust monitoring of small-scale forest disturbances in a tropical montane forest using Landsat time series

B DeVries, J Verbesselt, L Kooistra, M Herold - Remote Sensing of …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Remote sensing data play an important role in the monitoring of forest changes. Methods
are needed to provide objective estimates of forest loss to support monitoring efforts at …

Can human-induced land degradation be distinguished from the effects of rainfall variability? A case study in South Africa

KJ Wessels, SD Prince, J Malherbe, J Small… - Journal of arid …, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Normalized Difference Vegetation
Index data (NDVI, 1km2, 1985–2003) and modeled net primary production (NPP, 8km2 …

Assessing the effects of human-induced land degradation in the former homelands of northern South Africa with a 1 km AVHRR NDVI time-series

KJ Wessels, SD Prince, PE Frost, D Van Zyl - Remote sensing of …, 2004‏ - Elsevier
There is a pressing need for an objective, repeatable, systematic and spatially explicit
measure of land degradation. In northeastern South Africa (SA), there are large areas of the …

Multi-sensor NDVI data continuity: Uncertainties and implications for vegetation monitoring applications

WJD Van Leeuwen, BJ Orr, SE Marsh… - Remote sensing of …, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Consistent NDVI time series are paramount in monitoring ecological resources that are
being altered by climate and human impacts. An increasing number of natural resource …

Effects of spectral response function on surface reflectance and NDVI measured with moderate resolution satellite sensors

AP Trishchenko, J Cihlar, Z Li - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2002‏ - Elsevier
We report the results of a modeling study on the sensitivity of normalized difference
vegetation index (NDVI) and surface reflectance to differences in instrument spectral …

Seasonal variation in aboveground production and radiation-use efficiency of temperate rangelands estimated through remote sensing

G Piñeiro, M Oesterheld, JM Paruelo - Ecosystems, 2006‏ - Springer
Aboveground net primary production (ANPP) of grasslands varies spatially and temporally.
Spectral information provided by remote sensors is a promising new tool that may be able to …

Assessing land cover change resulting from large surface mining development

R Latifovic, K Fytas, J Chen, J Paraszczak - International journal of applied …, 2005‏ - Elsevier
A remote sensing based land cover change assessment methodology is presented and
applied to a case study of the Oil Sands Mining Development in Athabasca, Alta., Canada …

Three-dimensional topographic map** with ASTER stereo data in rugged topography

T Toutin - IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote …, 2002‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Digital elevation models (DEMs) were generated from a stereo pair using the Advanced
Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) backward and nadir …

Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+ based accuracy assessment of leaf area index products for Canada derived from SPOT-4 VEGETATION data

R Fernandes, C Butson, S Leblanc… - Canadian Journal of …, 2003‏ - Taylor & Francis
Leaf area index (LAI) is a fundamental land surface parameter. Recently, several agencies
have produced 1 km gridded LAI estimates over Canada. These products are difficult to …