A model for the estimation of fractional vegetation cover based on the relationship between vegetation and soil moisture

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3580-3595

  Li, Xiaobing ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Long, Huiling ^a   Wei, Dandan ^a   Bao, Yun ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

FRACTIONAL VEGETATION COVER; GRASSLAND VEGETATION; LANDSAT ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+) IMAGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER IMAGES; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE-VEGETATION DRYNESS INDICES;

VEGETATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODELING; NDVI; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84863074678     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.519742     Document Type: Article

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