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Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION INDEX

PREFERRED TERM

VEGETATION INDEX  

DEFINITION

  • An indicator that describes the greenness - the relative density and health of vegetation - for each picture element, or pixel, in a satellite image.

BROADER CONCEPT

NARROWER CONCEPTS

ENTRY TERMS

  • Multispectral Vegetation Indices

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2016-06-15 08:46:54.0 [gee-cee] Insert Concept add narrower relation (VEGETATION INDEX [b7812c71-4b9e-4016-b4ba-dfcdb7e62365,84883] - LEAF AREA INDEX [b1d65d88-7bd0-491d-91ca-4102b89dc3e7,188277]);
  • 2016-06-15 08:48:10.0 [gee-cee] Insert Concept add narrower relation (VEGETATION INDEX [b7812c71-4b9e-4016-b4ba-dfcdb7e62365,84883] - NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX [2297a00a-80f5-466e-b28e-b9ca42562d3f,188279]);
  • 2016-06-15 09:43:40.0 [gee-cee] update Definition (An indicator that describes the greenness - the relative density and health of vegetation - for each picture element, or pixel, in a satellite image.); update Definition (USGS);
  • 2019-08-23 14:58:31.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: Multispectral Vegetation Indices language code: en);
  • 2019-09-11 15:39:00.0 [tstevens] insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 19f7b6be-1347-4c5c-bb8f-4a251369831e relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);
  • 2019-09-13 10:55:07.0 [tstevens] insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 89428f01-000f-4d6f-a62b-29dd66b7e8c9 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);

URI

https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/b7812c71-4b9e-4016-b4ba-dfcdb7e62365

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