Estimating the Biomass of Waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) Using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Derived from Simulated Landsat 5 TM

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 203-211

  Robles, Wilfredo ^a,b   Madsen, John D ^c   Wersal, Ryan M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Lonza Water Technology Alpharetta Innovation and Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

hyperspectral reflectance; Landsat 5 TM; nondestructive sampling methods; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 84937042928     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-14-00033.1     Document Type: Article

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