Remote sensing of soils in a eucalypt forest environment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-56

  Skidmore, A K ^a,b   Varekamp, C ^a,c   Wilson, L ^a,d   Knowles, E ^a   Delaney, J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Genasys Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFRARED RADIATION; MAGNESIUM; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SATELLITES; SODIUM; SOILS; SPECTROGRAPHS;

BAND RATIO; COMPACT AIRBORNE; FOREST SOILS; SOIL CATIONS; SPECTROGRAPHIC IMAGER; THEMATIC MAPPER;

REMOTE SENSING;

CASI; EUCALYPTUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; INFRARED; LANDSAT TM; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL PH; VISIBLE;

EID: 0030926746     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697219268     Document Type: Article

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