Estimating spatiotemporal patterns of aboveground biomass using Landsat TM and MODIS images in the Mu Us Sandy Land, China

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 200, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-128

  Yan, Feng ^a   Wu, Bo ^a   Wang, Yanjiao ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass (AGB); Spatiotemporal pattern; The Mu Us Sandy Land

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DESERTIFICATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; ORDOS;

EID: 84907965428     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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