Optical characterization of the Brazilian Savanna physiognomies for improved land cover monitoring of the cerrado biome: Preliminary assessments from an airborne campaign over an LBA core site

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 425-447

  Ferreira, L G ^a   Yoshioka, H ^b,d   Huete, A ^b   Sano, E E ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brazilian cerrado; Land cover assessments; LBA project; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CERRADO; LAND COVER; NDVI; OPTICAL PROPERTY; VEGETATION COVER;

BRASILIA; BRASILIA NATIONAL PARK; BRAZIL; FEDERAL DISTRICT [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0345770495     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(03)00068-5     Document Type: Article

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