Fractional vegetation cover estimation in arid and semi-arid environments using: HJ-1 satellite hyperspectral data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 506-512

  Zhang, Xianfeng ^a   Liao, Chunhua ^a   Li, Jonathan ^b   Sun, Quan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric radiation correction; Dimidiate pixel model; Fractional vegetation cover; HJ 1 satellite; Hyperspectral imager

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CHINA; SHIHEZI; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84872796379     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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