NDLI: Trend analysis of the Pathfinder AVHRR Land (PAL) NDVI data for the deserts of central Asia

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Author	de Beurs, K.M. Henebry, G.M.
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	We analyzed spatially averaged normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) time series from the Pathfinder Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Land (PAL) dataset of 11 desert and semidesert ecoregions in central Asia using standard statistical tests for discontinuities and trends. Results from the test for discontinuities reveal that seven ecoregions display significant differences in the data acquired by the AVHRRs on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite 11 (NOAA-11) versus the data acquired by AVHRR on other NOAA satellites (NOAA-7, NOAA-9, and NOAA-14). Across the more than 2/spl times/10/sup 6/ km/sup 2/ of deserts and semideserts in the selected central Asian ecoregions, a significant upward trend in NDVI is evident during the tenure of NOAA-11 (1989-1994). This trend is not found during any other period. We argue that the data from the PAL NDVI dataset for NOAA-11 will pose problems for land surface change analyses, if these significant sensor-related artifacts are ignored. We do not find these artifacts in data from the other three satellites (NOAA-7, NOAA-9, and NOAA-14). We suggest that the comparison of data from any combination of these three AVHRRs can be used for land surface change analyses, but that the inclusion of NOAA-11 AVHRR NDVI data in trend analyses may result in the detection of spurious trends.
Sponsorship	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
Starting Page	282
Ending Page	286
Page Count	5
File Size	359411
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1545598X
Volume Number	1
Issue Number	4
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2004-10-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Asia Satellite broadcasting Testing Land surface Sea surface Time series analysis Vegetation Spatial resolution Radiometry Displays
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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