Seasonal change in MODIS NDVI

Change in vegetation structure and condition over space and time can be observed from time series of satellite images and products. The example below shows the change in NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) value in different months of the year 2004 in Barakula state forest area in Queensland.

NDVI images derived from collection 5 MODIS NBAR (MCD43A4) product.

time series examples

Reference

Santosh Prasad Bhandari, Stuart Phinn and Tony Gill (in preparation): Monitoring temporal trajectories and trend of foliage projective cover (FPC) in forest communities using Landsat image time series in Queensland