이 논문에서는 Washita '92 자료를 이용하여 토양수분의 1차원 및 2차원 통계특성을 추출하였다. 아울러, 토양수분과 토양, 밝기온도(brightness temperature), 식생지수 사이의 상관관계가 어떤지를 선형회귀분석에 근거하여 조사해 보았으며 결과로서 토양수분은 밝기온도와 유의할만한 상관성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 토양수분의 시간에 대한 감쇠(decay)계수를 각각의 토양군별로 추정하였고, 역으로 이 값을 이용하여 관측전 마지막 강우의

This study is to evaluate the overall NPP(Net Primary Production) distribution in the Korean Peninsula from the satellite data(NOAA/AVHRR). This has been done using the linear relationship between the natural vegetation condition and the NPP. The NPP of natural vegetation increases proportional to the annual net radiation(Rn), where radiative dryness index(RDI) is a proportional constant connecting Rn to NPP. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index(NDVI) is used for monitoring vegetation change, and iNDVI (integrated NDVI) for annual analysis. The iNDVI has a close relation to Rn and NPP, which can be used effectively for estimating NPP distribution of where the meteorological data is unavailable such as North Korea. The NPP distribution of the Korean Peninsula was estimated based on the model.