Using imaging spectroscopy to study ecosystem processes and properties

BioScience

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 523-534

  Ustin, Susan L ^a   Roberts, Dar A ^b   Gamon, John A ^c   Asner, Gregory P ^d   Green, Robert O ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral imaging; Imaging spectroscopy; Landscape ecology; Remote sensing; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942528742     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0523:UISTSE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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