Ecological site descriptions and remotely sensed imagery as a tool for rangeland evaluation

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-115

  Maynard, Catherine Lee ^a   Lawrence, Rick L ^b   Nielsen, Gerald A ^b   Decker, Gorden ^a  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL SITE DESCRIPTIONS; FIELD MEASURES; TASSELED CAP COMPONENTS; WETNESS COMPONENTS;

LUMINANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOILS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 35748938471     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m07-014     Document Type: Article

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