Response of spectral vegetation indices to soil moisture in grasslands and shrublands

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5267-5286

  Zhang, Li ^a,b   Ji, Lei ^c   Wylie, Bruce K ^b  

^a CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX; REGRESSION MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL VEGETATION INDICES; VEGETATION RESPONSE; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

GRASSLAND; MODIS; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SHRUBLAND; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053120165     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.496471     Document Type: Article

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