A hyperspectral indicator system for rangeland degradation on the Tibetan Plateau: A case study towards spaceborne monitoring

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-64

  Lehnert, Lukas W ^a   Meyer, Hanna ^a   Meyer, Nele ^b   Reudenbach, Christoph ^a   Bendix, Jörg ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EnMAP; Field spectroscopy; Linear spectral unmixing; Partial least squares regression; Rangeland degradation; Remote sensing; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ENMAP; FIELD SPECTROSCOPY; LINEAR SPECTRAL UNMIXING; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; RANGELAND DEGRADATIONS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; INFORMATION FILTERING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NUTRIENTS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

CHLOROPHYLL;

BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HERBIVORY; LAND COVER; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PASTURE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RANGELAND; SATELLITE DATA; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84891592004     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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