Biophysical characterization and management effects on semiarid rangeland observed from landsat ETM+ data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 125-133

  Fang, Hongliang ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^a   McClaran, Mitchel P ^b   Van Leeuwen, Willem J D ^b   Drake, Sam ^b   Marsh, Stuart E ^b   Thomson, Allison M ^a   Izaurralde, Roberto Cesar ^a   Rosenberg, Norman J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+); Fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR); Leaf area index (LAI); Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); Rangeland; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES;

BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CARBON DYNAMICS; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 12844250700     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.839813     Document Type: Article

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