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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5107-2022
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Monitoring vegetation condition using microwave remote sensing: the standardized vegetation optical depth index (SVODI)
Leander Moesinger
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Ruxandra-Maria Zotta
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Robin van der Schalie
VanderSat, Wilhelminastraat 43A, 2011 VK Haarlem, the Netherlands
Tracy Scanlon
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Richard de Jeu
VanderSat, Wilhelminastraat 43A, 2011 VK Haarlem, the Netherlands
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
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The standardized vegetation optical depth index (SVODI) can be used to monitor the vegetation condition, such as whether the vegetation is unusually dry or wet. SVODI has global coverage, spans the past 3 decades and is derived from multiple spaceborne passive microwave sensors of that period. SVODI is based on a new probabilistic merging method that allows the merging of normally distributed data even if the data are not gap-free.
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