Ground-based spectroradiometric estimation of live fine fuel moisture of Mediterranean plants

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-186

  Piñol, Josep ^a   Filella, Iolanda ^a   Ogaya, Romà ^a   Peñuelas, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Live fine fuel moisture; Mediterranean plants; Spectroradiometric estimation

Indexed keywords

ARBUTUS UNEDO; CISTUS ALBIDUS; CISTUS MONSPELIENSIS; PHILLYREA ANGUSTIFOLIA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA;

EID: 0344734174     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(98)00053-7     Document Type: Article

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