Estimating the relative abundance of C3 and C4 grasses in the Great Plains from multi-temporal MTCI data: Issues of compositing period and spatial generalizability

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 351-362

  Foody, Giles M ^a   Dash, Jadunandan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; MERIS TERRESTRIAL CHLOROPHYLL INDICES (MTCI); MULTI-TEMPORAL; MULTI-TEMPORAL REMOTE SENSING; NON-STATIONARITIES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOUTH DAKOTAS;

REMOTE SENSING;

CARBON FIXATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND; MERIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GREAT PLAINS; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 77649165358     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160902887339     Document Type: Article

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