Derivation of pasture biomass in Mongolia from AVHRR-based vegetation health indices

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2889-2896

  Kogan, F ^a   Stark, R ^b   Gitelson, A ^c   Jargalsaikhan, L ^d   Dugrajav, C ^d   Tsooj, S ^d  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b Bar Kal Systems Engineering Ltd   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

DROUGHT DETECTION; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION INDEX;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 3242698018     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160410001697619     Document Type: Article

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