Monitoring rangeland ground cover vegetation using multitemporal MODIS data

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 287-298

  Yeganeh, Hassan ^a   Khajedein, Seyed jamale ^b   Amiri, Fazel ^c,d   Shariff, Abdul Rashid B Mohamed ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Detection herbage production; MODIS; Rangeland; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; GROUND COVER; LAND USE; MAPPING; MODIS; RANGELAND; SAMPLING; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84891556681     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0733-0     Document Type: Article

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