Vegetation spatial variability and its effect on vegetation indices

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1987, Pages 1301-1306

  Ormsby, J P ^a   Choudhury, B J ^a   Owe, M ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING - DATA REDUCTION AND ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES - SPACE APPLICATIONS; MAPS AND MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING - AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS;

LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; MSS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDICES; VEGETATION SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0023524841     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431168708954775     Document Type: Article

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