Optimum pixel size for hyperspectral studies of ecosystem function in southern California chaparral and grassland

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 192-207

  Rahman, Abdullah F ^a,b   Gamon, John A ^a   Sims, Daniel A ^a   Schmidts, Miriam ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING;

GRASSLANDS; PIXEL SIZE; WATER BAND INDEX;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CHAPARRAL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASSLAND; NDVI; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037301026     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00107-4     Document Type: Article

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