Hyperspectral remote sensing for estimating aboveground biomass and for exploring species richness patterns of Grassland habitats

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 9007-9031

  Psomas, A ^a,b   Kneubuhler M ^b   Huber, S ^c   Itten, K ^b   Zimmermann, N E ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; LINEAR REGRESSION; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PLANT SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES;

VEGETATION;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMONITORING; CALIBRATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HYPERION; MAPPING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

HYPERION;

EID: 82155170635     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.532172     Document Type: Article

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