Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Forest Health Indicators Dashboard MODIS DUR and TIN: MODIS TIN Yearly Mean and STD

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    Data derived from MODIS images for New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont to assess forest condition and growing season length.

Keywords

  • canopy density, new hampshire, new york, vermont,

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    • Title: MODIS TIN Yearly Mean and STD
    • Start Date: 2003-01-01
    • Description: Yearly mean, standard deviation of yearly mean, and long-term mean (2003-present) of MODIS TIN (peak canopy density). This data covers canopy density for New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont.

    • Purpose: Canopy density or ‘greenness’ is estimated using data collected by the MODIS1 satellite mission, and represents the thickness of the forest foliage. MODIS captures bimonthly imagery of Vermont’s forests which are then aggregated across the full growing season. Canopy reflectance at different wavelengths is used to calculate a normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), which is an assessment of overall greenness of the forest canopy.

    • Condensed Title: Z1148_2935_7LA5SC

    • Object Name: VMC.1148.2935

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Forest Health Indicators Dashboard MODIS DUR and TIN: MODIS TIN Yearly Mean and STD, 2003-01-01

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/modis/dataset/modis-tin-yearly-mean-std-1

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      Attribute Name: LTMean
      • Label: LTMean
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: State
      • Label: State
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: STD
      • Label: STD
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: Year
      • Label: Year
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: YrMean
      • Label: YrMean
      • Storage Type: decimal

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