Comparison of MODIS fPAR products with Landsat-5 TM-derived fPAR over semiarid Rangelands of Idaho

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-378

  Chen, Fang ^a   Weber, Keith ^a   Anderson, Jamey ^a   Gokhale, Bhushan ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; GROUND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; RANGELAND; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION; SENESCENCE;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956314281     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.47.3.360     Document Type: Article

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