Dry season mapping of savanna forage quality, using the hyperspectral Carnegie Airborne Observatory sensor

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1478-1488

  Knox, Nichola M ^a   Skidmore, Andrew K ^a   Prins, Herbert H T ^b   Asner, Gregory P ^c   van der Werff, Harald M A ^a   de Boer, Willem F ^b   van der Waal, Cornelis ^a   de Knegt, Hendrik J ^b   Kohi, Edward M ^b,f   Slotow, Rob ^d   Grant, Rina C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^f TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

ANN; Carnegie Airborne Observatory; Forage quality; Hyperspectral; Kruger National Park; Savannah

Indexed keywords

ANN; CARNEGIE AIRBORNE OBSERVATORY; FORAGE QUALITY; HYPERSPECTRAL; NATIONAL PARKS; SAVANNAH;

BUILDINGS; DROUGHT; INFRARED RADIATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; OBSERVATORIES; PARKS; PHOSPHORUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SENSORS;

NUTRIENTS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DRY SEASON; FORAGE; HERBIVORE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OBSERVATORY; PHOSPHORUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAVANNA; SPECTROMETER; VEGETATION MAPPING;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79953173545     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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