Biota and NDVI Landsat Normalized Difference Vegetation biota, management Landsat (2010) vegetation Index (NDVI) Fpar-e and Fpar-r Fraction of photosynthetically active biota Donohue et al. (2009) radiation intercepted by the sunlit canopy of herbaceous and woody vegetation Landcover MODIS derived landcover types and biota, management Lymburner et al. vegetation greenness (2011) Terrain and DEM SRTM 3 second digital elevation model with relief, climate, biota Gallant et al. (2011) landscape drainage enforcement, m position Slope and slope length Rate of fall in elevation and slope lengths of relief, management 300 m and 1000 m Aspect Orientation of the line of steepest decent relief, biota, climate measured in degrees clockwise from north Curvatures Curvature of the surface in the down-slope relief direction (profile) and across the slope (plan) Hill-shades The intensity of lighting on a surface given a relief, climate light source at a particular location 0, 45, 90, 135 deg Contributing area Area in a drainage basin that contributes relief water to stream-flow Relief Terrain relief m relief, biota management Topographic wetness The propensity for a site to be saturated relief, soil, biota index given its contributing area and local slope characteristics
Biota and vegetation NDVI Landsat Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) biota, management Landsat (2010) Fpar-e and Fpar-r Fraction of photosynthetically active radiation intercepted by the sunlit canopy of herbaceous and woody vegetation biota Donohue et al. (2009) Landcover MODIS derived landcover types and vegetation greenness biota, management Lymburner et al. (2011) Terrain and landscape position DEM SRTM 3 second digital elevation model with drainage enforcement, m relief, climate, biota Gallant et al. (2011) Slope and slope length Rate of fall in elevation and slope lengths of 300 m and 1000 m relief, management Aspect Orientation of the line of steepest decent relief, biota, climate measured in degrees clockwise from north Curvatures Curvature of the surface in the down-slope relief direction (profile) and across the slope (plan) Hill-shades The intensity of lighting on a surface given a light source at a particular location 0, 45, 90, 135 deg relief, climate Contributing area Area in a drainage basin that contributes water to stream-flow relief Relief Terrain relief m relief, biota management Topographic wetness index The propensity for a site to be saturated given its contributing area and local slope characteristics relief, soil, biota