Spatial and temporal variability of macrophyte cover and productivity in the eastern Amazon floodplain: A remote sensing approach

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1998-2010

  Silva, Thiago Sanna F ^a   Costa, Maycira P F ^a   Melack, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Amazon; Herbaceous vegetation; Hierarchical classification; MODIS; Object oriented classification; Productivity; Radarsat 1

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON FLOODPLAIN; AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; AQUATIC VEGETATION; CARBON CYCLING; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD PLAINS; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MACROPHYTES; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OBJECT ORIENTED CLASSIFICATION; RADARSAT 1; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

VEGETATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FLOODPLAIN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; MACROPHYTE; MAPPING METHOD; MODIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; RADARSAT; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 77954818639     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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