A new spectral index to detect Poaceae grass abundance in Mongolian grasslands

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1266-1273

  Shimada, S ^a   Matsumoto, J ^b   Sekiyama, A ^a   Aosier, B ^c   Yokohana, M ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b PASCO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mongolian grassland; Normalized difference indices; Poaceae abundance index; Spectroradiometer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; INFRARED DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS; VEGETATION;

ABUNDANCE INDICES; HYPERSPECTRAL DATA; MONGOLIANS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE INDICES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS;

REFLECTION;

EID: 84865629712     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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