Ecosystem Disturbance Index

Ecosystem Disturbance Index - MODIS

Identifies the timing, location and magnitude of major ecosystem disturbances such as wildfire, flooding, climate change and human-triggered land use. The Disturbance Index (DI; Mildrexler et al. 2007) algorithm is based on the consistent radiometric relationship between LST and EVI computed on a pixel-by-pixel basis.

KEYWORDS:

MODIS
DATA LICENCE
& ACCESS RIGHTS:
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CC-BY 3.0
SPATIAL COVERAGE
& RESOLUTION:

500 m resolution; Australia and New Zealand
TEMPORAL COVERAGE & RESOLUTION:

1 year composite; 2003 to 2013
PRODUCTION STATUS:

One-off, no update planned

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