Ground-based hyperspectral characterization of Alaska tundra vegetation along environmental gradients

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3971-4005

  Buchhorn, Marcel ^a   Walker, Donald A ^b   Heim, Birgit ^a   Raynolds, Martha K ^b   Epstein, Howard E ^c   Schwieder, Marcel ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field spectroscopy; Low Arctic tundra; NDVI; North American Arctic Transect (NAAT); Pigment absorption

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC TUNDRA; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FIELD SPECTROSCOPY; HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING; NDVI; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; NORTH AMERICAN; VEGETATION ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; INFRARED DEVICES; LANDFORMS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

VEGETATION;

EID: 84884766132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5083971     Document Type: Article

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