An object-based image analysis approach for determining fractional cover of senescent and green vegetation with digital plot photography

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Laliberte, A S ^a   Rango, A ^a   Herrick, J E ^a   Fredrickson, Ed L ^a   Burkett, L ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Object based image analysis; Rangeland monitoring; Rangeland vegetation; Very high resolution images

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; GRASS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751536030     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

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