The FORMA alerts system then detects
pronounced changes in vegetation cover over time, as measured by the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), a measure of vegetation greenness.
These pronounced changes in vegetation cover are likely to indicate forest being cleared, burned, or defoliated.
Not exact matches
Broad - scale
changes in vegetation in general, and tree loss
in particular, have
pronounced effects on climate processes through biogeophysical mechanisms such as albedo, evapotranspiration (ET), and carbon dioxide exchange with the atmosphere [11].