Development of a ground truthing method for determination of rangeland biomass using canopy reflectance properties

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 93-100

  Gerber, L ^a  

^a ARC Range and Forage Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Field spectroscopy; Lai; Modeling; Novi; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040360763     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: 17279380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/10220110009485744     Document Type: Article

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