Temporal and spatial changes in grassland transpiration detected using Landsat TM and ETM+ imagery

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-270

  Holifield, C D ^a   Mc Elroy, S ^a   Moran, M S ^a   Bryant, R ^a   Miura, T ^b   Emmerich, W E ^a  

^a CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

GRASSLANDS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0142125810     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m02-093     Document Type: Article

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