Discriminating sodium concentration in a mixed grass species environment of the Kruger National Park using field spectrometry

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4191-4201

  Mutanga, O ^a   Skidmore, A K ^a   Prins, H H T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MAPPING; REFLECTION; SODIUM; SPECTROMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GEOPHAGICAL STUDIES; GRASSES; PLANT COMPONENT; WILD LIFE;

REMOTE SENSING;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SODIUM; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SPECTROMETRY;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 6344256793     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160410001720207     Document Type: Article

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