Monitoring vegetation cover across semi-arid regions: Comparison of remote observations from various scales

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 281-300

  Leprieur, C ^a   Kerr, Y H ^a   Mastorchio, S ^a   Meunier, J C ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 0034688307     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311600210830     Document Type: Article

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