This paper focuses on interpreting the different spatial relationships between NDVI and Ts, a triangular or a trapezoid, and on analyzing transformation conditions, the physical and ecological meanings of the vegetation index-surface temperature space as well. Further, we use the Tempera-ture-Vegetation Dryness Index (TVDI) to explain the existent meaning of a triangular space after NDVI reaches its saturated state by employing the relationships between NDVI, LAI and evapotranspiration. The specific relations between NDVI and Ts are useful for describing, validating and updating land surface models.
HAN Lijuan1,2,3, WANG Pengxin4, YANG Hua1,2,3, LIU Shaomin1,2,3 & WANG Jindi1,2,3 1. Research Center for Remote Sensing and GIS, School of Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
