Integrating imaging spectroscopy and neural networks to map grass quality in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 104-115

  Mutanga, O ^a   Skidmore, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absorption features; Continuum removal; Foliar nitrogen concentration; Hymap imagery; Red edge position; Savanna rangelands

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; NITROGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DATA SETS; GRASSLANDS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING METHOD; NITROGEN; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1242322054     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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