An evaluation of SMOS L-band vegetation optical depth (L-VOD) data sets: high sensitivity of L-VOD to above-ground biomass in Africa [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2018 The vegetation optical depth (VOD) measured at microwave frequencies is related to the vegetation water content and provides information complementary to visible/infrared vegetation indices.
N. J. Rodríguez-Fernández +11 more
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Global Monitoring of the Vegetation Dynamics from the Vegetation Optical Depth (VOD): A Review [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2020 Vegetation is a key element in the energy, water and carbon balances over the land surfaces and is strongly impacted by climate change and anthropogenic effects. Remotely sensed observations are commonly used for the monitoring of vegetation dynamics and
Frédéric Frappart +12 more
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Global L-band equivalent AI-based vegetation optical depth dataset [PDF]
Scientific DataThe L-band vegetation optical depth data garners significant interest for its ability to effectively monitor vegetation, thanks to minimal saturation within this frequency range.
Olya Skulovich +3 more
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Error Propagation in Microwave Soil Moisture and Vegetation Optical Depth Retrievals [PDF]
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2021 Satellite soil moisture and vegetation optical depth [(VOD); related to the total vegetation water mass per unit area] are increasingly being used to study water relations in the soil-plant continuum across the globe.
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IB-AGC: Annual 25 km global live biomass carbon product from SMOS L-band passive microwave vegetation optical depth [PDF]
Scientific DataMonitoring aboveground biomass carbon (AGC) stocks and their changes is crucial for understanding the global carbon cycle and the impact of climate change.
Xiaojun Li +13 more
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How accurately does L band vegetation optical depth predict aboveground biomass?
International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and GeoinformationL-band Vegetation Optical Depth (L-VOD) has emerged as a critical remote sensing proxy for monitoring global aboveground biomass (AGB) dynamics. Persistent methodological ambiguities, including the absence of standardized protocols for deriving AGB from ...
Yuan Zhang +7 more
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Canadian Journal of Remote SensingMicrowave remote sensing can be used to estimate vegetation optical depth (VOD), a measure of the attenuation of microwave radiation by vegetation. VOD is tightly linked to vegetation properties such as water content and above-ground biomass.
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Assessing the sensitivity of multi-frequency passive microwave vegetation optical depth to vegetation properties [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2023 Vegetation attenuates the microwave emission from the land surface. The strength of this attenuation is quantified in models in terms of the parameter vegetation optical depth (VOD) and is influenced by the vegetation mass, structure, water content, and ...
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Assimilation of vegetation optical depth retrievals from passive microwave radiometry [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2020 Vegetation optical depth (VOD) retrievals from passive microwave sensors provide analog estimates of above-ground canopy biomass. This study presents the development and analysis of assimilating VOD retrievals from X-, C-, and L-band passive microwave ...
S. V. Kumar +4 more
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Monitoring post-fire recovery of various vegetation biomes using multi-wavelength satellite remote sensing [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2022 Anthropogenic climate change is now considered to be one of the main factors causing an increase in both the frequency and severity of wildfires. These fires are prone to release substantial quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere and to endanger natural ...
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