Applying satellite imagery to triage assessment of ecosystem health

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-227

  Eve, Marlen D ^a,c   Whitford, Walter G ^a,b   Havstadt, Kris M ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

AVHRR imagery; Coppice dunes; Desert rangelands; Irreversible degraded; Regional classification

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR) IMAGERY; COPPICE DUNES; DESERT RANGELANDS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOMETERS; VEGETATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEASON; SOIL; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

EID: 0033083668     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005876220078     Document Type: Article

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