On the ground estimation of vegetation cover in Australian rangelands

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1815-1820

  Zhou, Q ^a   Robson, M ^b   Pilesjo, P ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LINE INTERCEPTS; VEGETATION COVER ESTIMATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

DIGITAL CAMERA; FIELD SAMPLING; RANGELANDS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032100835     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698215261     Document Type: Article

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