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Publications Citing MODIS Data

Browse a list of academic papers that cite data provided by NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).

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Impact of land-use change on ecosystem services in Africa's Great Green Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Topographical Relief Maps, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM)
Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities on Global Mountain Grasslands: Insights Into the Last Two Decades and Future Climate Scenarios Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Increased spread of global flash droughts threatens vegetation productivity resilience Primary Production, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Gross Primary Production (gpp), Reflectance
In Situ Observation of a Strong Diurnal Warming Event in the Labrador Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Clouds, Cloud Frequency
Land Surface Heterogeneity Captured by Topography-Based Subgrid Precipitation Amount, Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Shortwave Radiation, Snow Water Equivalent, Vapor Pressure, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Land surface information from satellites boost near-surface temperature forecast skill Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature
Latitudinal patterns and processes shaping temperate forest stability Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Latitudinal variation in temperature dominance of domestic water use Population Size, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Large lake buffers regional extreme heat and surface energy under the 2022 record-breaking heatwave in China Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Satellite-Derived NDVI Predicts Forage Availability in a Wild Ungulate Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Satellite-driven modelling of NO2 and PM2.5 across Germany (2019-2024): Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Scalable sub-meter mapping of woody vegetation and structures across California's heterogeneous landscape using deep learning Urban Lands, Land Use/Land Cover, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Infrastructure, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Satellite-based detection of agricultural flash droughts and associated vegetation responses in southeastern South America Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Reflectance, Root Zone Soil Moisture, Surface Soil Moisture
Satellite-Based Fraction of Available Water Reveals Soil Moisture Deficits Preceding Major Wildfires Vegetation Water Content, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Skin Temperature, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Root Zone Soil Moisture, Surface Soil Moisture, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Topographical Relief Maps, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Brightness Temperature, SIGMA NAUGHT
Sea surface temperature trends in the Aegean sea (20082024): from spatiotemporal warming patterns to a Spatial heat vulnerability index Sea Surface Temperature
Seasonal agricultural vulnerability in semi-arid Morocco: combining remote sensing and farmer knowledge to inform climate adaptation Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Satellite-based species-level monitoring of mangrove phenology and climate responses using EVI and lagged environmental correlations (20132024) Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Revisiting the Urban Heat and Pollution Islands over the Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Runoff from Greenland's firn areawhy do MODIS, RCMs and a firn model disagree? Ice Velocity, Reflectance, Albedo, Snow Cover
Salt fingers contribute substantially to diapycnal oxygen transport into the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern South Pacific Sea Surface Temperature
Rapid deglacial retreat of a regional scale ice stream and late Holocene readvance in Vincennes Bay, east Antarctica Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Rapid Loss of Terrestrial Ecosystem Multifunctionality in China on a Century Scale Biomass, Forests, Grasslands, Alpine/Tundra, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Quantifying the nonlinear effects of urban morphological features on Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Quantification of the cascading tipping probability from the AMOC to the Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Quantifying angular sensitivity and synergistic effects of SIF and vegetation indices for robust winter wheat yield estimation Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance

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