A forestry GIS-based study on evaluating the potential of imaging spectroscopy in mapping forest land fertility

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 302-311

  Mõttus, Matti ^a   Takala, Tuure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airborne imaging spectroscopy; Boreal forest; Forest site fertility; Narrowband vegetation index; Sunlit crowns

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; BOREAL FOREST; FORESTRY; GIS; IMAGING METHOD; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOIL FERTILITY; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; VEGETATION INDEX;

FINLAND; HYYTIALA; PIRKANMAA;

EID: 84904768443     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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