Performance and effects of land cover type on synthetic surface reflectance data and NDVI estimates for assessment and monitoring of semi-arid rangeland

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-41

  Olexa, Edward M ^a   Lawrence, Rick L ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Landsat; MODIS; Rangeland; Remote sensing; STARFM

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CORRELATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; NDVI; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897496899     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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