Evaluation of vegetation indices for assessing vegetation cover in southern arid lands in South Australia

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-49

  Jafari, R ^a   Lewis, M M ^a   Ostendorf, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid environment; Landsat TM; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347206291     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ06033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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