Biophysical properties of cultivated pastures in the brazilian savanna biome: An analysis in the spatial-temporal domains based on ground and satellite data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 307-326

  Ferreira, Laerte G ^a   Fernandez, Luis E ^b   Sano, Edson E ^c   Field, Chris ^b   Sousa, Silvio B ^a   Arantes, Arielle E ^a   Araújo, Fernando M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado biome; MODIS time series; Pasture monitoring; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

BEEF CATTLE; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CATTLE RANCHING; CERRADO; COVER-IMAGE; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FERTILE SOILS; GROUND TRUTH DATA; HOTSPOTS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; LANDSCAPE DEGRADATION; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NATURAL AREAS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REGIONAL PATTERN; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; TOTAL BIOMASS; VEGETATION INDEX;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 84873203492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5010307     Document Type: Article

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