Spatial analysis of NDVI readings with different sampling densities

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 349-354

  Zhang, H ^a   Lan, Y ^b   Lacey, R ^a   Hoffmann, W C ^b   Westbrook, J K ^b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

NDVI; Remote sensing; Spatial statistics; Variogram

Indexed keywords

AGRICHEMICALS; BEST MODEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; FIELD VARIABILITY; GEOSTATISTICAL; NDVI; NDVI DATA; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SAMPLING DENSITIES; SENSOR INFORMATIONS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL COMPLEXITY; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL STATISTICS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPHERICAL MODELS; STUDY AREAS; THEORETICAL MODELS; VARIOGRAM ANALYSIS; VARIOGRAMS;

DATA HANDLING; INNOVATION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; AGROCHEMICAL; DATA SET; GEOSTATISTICS; INNOVATION; NDVI; NITROGEN; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 79951818253     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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