ABSTRACT
ASTER Advanced spaceborne thermal emission and re¨ection radiometer on NASA Terra
ATREM Atmospheric removal program AVHRR Advanced very-high-resolution radiometer AVIRIS Airborne visible infrared imaging spectrometer,
NASA JPL hyperspectral sensor AWiFS Advanced wide-¤eld sensor, on India’s ResourceSat DOY Day of year ENVI Environment for Visualizing Images, Exelis Visual
Information Solutions (Boulder, CO) EOS End of growing season ETM+ Enhanced thematic mapper plus sensor on Landsat 7 EVI Enhanced vegetation index fPAR Fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radi-
ation calculated from spectral vegetation indices GIS Geographic Information System HSR High spatial resolution
Hysp Hyperspectral (high spectral resolution) HyspIRI Hyperspectral infrared imager, mission planned by
NASA ISODATA Iterative self-organizing data analysis technique
algorithm LiDAR Light detection and ranging LOS Length of growing season LRR Land resource region LRU Land resource unit LSA Light sport aircra¬ MERIS Medium-resolution imaging spectrometer MLRA Major land resource area MNF Minimum noise fraction MODIS Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer
on NASA Terra and Aqua satellites MTMF Mixture tuned matched ¤lter MVC Maximum value composite NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
United States NASS National Agricultural Statistics Service, United
States Department of Agriculture
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