Digital extraction of altitudinal belt spectra in the West Kunlun Mountains using SPOT-VGT NDVI and SRTM DEM

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-145

  Xiao, Fei ^a   Ling, Feng ^a   Du, Yun ^a   Xue, Huaiping ^a   Wu, Shengjun ^a  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

Altitudinal belt spectra; Digital extraction; Kunlun Mountains; NDVI

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952863443     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-010-1068-5     Document Type: Article

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