The relationship between phytomass, NDVI and vegetationcommunities on Svalbard

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 27, Issue PARTA, 2014, Pages 20-30

  Johansen, Bernt ^a   Tømmervik, Hans ^b  

^a Northern Research Institute (Norut)   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

NDVI; Plant phytomass; Svalbard; Vegetation communities; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

FIELD SURVEY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NDVI; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANSER; BRYOPHYTA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84897582675     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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