Estimating aboveground biomass in Mu Us Sandy Land using Landsat spectral derived vegetation indices over the past 30 years

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 521-530

  Yan, Feng ^a   Wu, Bo ^a   Wang, YanJiao ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

aboveground biomass (AGB); linear regression; Mu Us Sandy Land; vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880015593     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40333-013-0180-0     Document Type: Article

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