Remote Sensing Phenology Metrics across the conterminous U.S.

Phenological dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems reflect the response of the Earth's vegetation canopy to changes in climate and hydrology and are thus important to monitor operationally. Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center have developed methods for documenting the seasonal dynamics of vegetation in an operational fashion from satellite time-series data. The researchers produce two suites of phenological metrics data across the conterminous U.S (CONUS) on a yearly basis and release them publicly. The metrics are based on temporally smoothed Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data from two satellite sensors: Collection 6 Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [...]