Biomass quantification of Andean wetland forages using ERS satellite SAR data for optimizing livestock management

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 477-492

  Moreau, Sophie ^a,b   Le Toan, Thuy ^b  

^a Asoc Boliviana Teledeteccion M   (Bolivia)

^b CESBIO (UPS/CNRS/IRD/CNES)   (France)

Author keywords

Andean grasslands; Biomass; Bofedal; Bolivian Altiplano; C band; ERS SAR; Livestock management; Radar; Totora; VV polarization; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCATTERING; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE;

BIOMASS; ERS-1; FORAGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; REMOTE SENSING; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; PLANTS; SCATTERING;

ALTIPLANO; BOLIVIA;

ANIMALIA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 0037381888     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00111-6     Document Type: Article

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