Remote Sensing of Spatial and Temporal Vegetation Dynamics in Hispaniola: A Comparison of Haiti and the Dominican Republic
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Spatial and temporal vegetation contrasts between the nations of Haiti and the Dominican are analyzed using NDVI data derived from 30m resolution Landsat imagery and 8km resolution AVHRR imagery from the NOAA / NASA Pathfinder database. Analysis of vegetation dynamics in the Hispaniola border region indicates denser vegetation cover and a stronger correlation between elevation, slope, and NDVI on the Dominican side of the frontier. Temporal patterns of NDVI dynamics along the frontier suggest that changes in biomass are both more homogeneous and more extreme on the Haitian side. Analysis of 17 years of 8km resolution AVHRR imagery for the entire island of Hispaniola reveals consistently higher NDVI values for the Dominican Republic and a distinct intra-annual pattern of mean monthly NDVI deviations that have important implications for future studies of vegetation dynamics in the region.
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