ak_ndvi

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Originator: Alaska Geobotany Center
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: ak_ndvi
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Abstract:
The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) is a measure of greenness. NDVI was calculated as: NDVI = (NIR - R) / (NIR + R), where NIR is the spectral reflectance in the AVHRR near-infrared channel (0.725-1.1 µm, channel 2) where light-reflectance from the plant canopy is dominant, and R is the reflectance in the red channel (0.5 to 0.68 µm, channel 1), the portion of the spectrum where chlorophyll absorbs maximally (Markon et al. 1995). The grid of NDVI values was produced from the same AVHRR data as the false-color CIR image. NDVI values are saved as scaled integers, where the NDVI value can be calculated as: NDVI=0.008(Gridvalue-127) NDVI values ranged from -0.112 to 1.000 (grid integer values 113 to 252). The final CAVM NDVI map was plotted as 8 categories that were useful in distinguishing vegetation patterns: <0.03, 0.03-0.14, 0.15-0.26, 0.27-0.38, 0.39-0.50, 0.51-0.56, 0.57-0.62, >0.62. Areas with NDVI < 0.03 are bare rock or ice. Areas with NDVI = 0.03-0.14 are very sparsely vegetated. The remaining categories were evenly divided, except for the highest NDVI categories, which were split up to distinguish very shrubby areas in the southern Arctic.
References: ESRI. 1993. Digital Chart of the World. September 1993, Ed. 1. Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. Redlands, CA, USA.
Markon, C.J. M.D. Fleming and E.F. Binnian. 1995. Characteristics of vegetation phenology over the Alaskan landscape using AVHRR time-series data. Polar Record 31:179
Purpose:
Vegetation classification for the Alaska Arctic Vegetation Mapping project.
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Theme_Keyword: Biota
Theme_Keyword: ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme_Keyword: Environment
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Theme_Keyword: physiogonomy
Theme_Keyword: tundra
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Place_Keyword: Arctic
Place_Keyword: Alaska
Place_Keyword: Alaska
Place_Keyword: US
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Data provided by the Alaska Geobotany Center are copyright protected under the provisions of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License (<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/>). Materials may be freely downloaded, reprinted and redistributed for non-commercial use. Reproduction and redistribution of the materials on this web site, including derivative works, shall give credit to the Alaska Geobotany Center and remain subject to the above license. Any web pages that use this material shall contain a link pointing to the Alaska Geobotany Center home page (<http://www.geobotany.uaf.edu/>).
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Address: Alaska Geobotany Center
Address: Institute of Arctic Biology
Address: University of Alaska Fairbanks
City: Fairbanks
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Postal_Code: 99775
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Originator: Alaska Geobotany Center
Title: Alaska Arctic Vegetation Physiogonomy
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