PHENOCAM IMAGES

Near real time images from phenocams

Automated digital cameras, phenocams, can monitor vegetation status and environmental changes over long periods of time. Phenocams are ideal for documenting changes in phenology, NDVI, snow cover and other disturbance events. Their main goal is to capture seasonal shifts of South Tyrol ecosystem to better understand and predict climate change's effects on the timing of phenological events. PhenoCam network provides information needed to link what is actually happening on the ground and what is observed by airborne and satellite sensors. But, with respect to the conventional remote sensing technique, the usage of near-surface remote sensing provides imagery that is continuous in time, free of contamination by clouds, and not requiring any pre-processing such as atmospheric or geometric corrections.

For additional information please contact: Georg Niedrist.