Potential NDVI as a baseline for monitoring ecosystem functioning

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 401-407

  Stoms, D M ^a   Hargrove, W W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LAND USE; RADIOMETER; VEGETATION INDEX;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034688205     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311600210920     Document Type: Article

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