Regionalizing ecological moisture levels and groundwater levels in grassland areas using thermal remote sensing

Grassland Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-52

  Kaiser, Thomas ^a   Wehrhan, Marc ^a   Werner, Armin ^a   Sommer, Michael ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ellenberg indicator values; Groundwater table; Satellite data; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ASTER; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE CONTENT; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONALIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

BRANDENBURG [GERMANY]; GERMANY;

EID: 84857971553     PISSN: 17446961     EISSN: 1744697X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-697X.2011.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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