Are soil-adjusted vegetation indices better than soil-unadjusted vegetation indices for above-ground green biomass estimation in arid and semi-arid grasslands?

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 611-619

  Ren, H ^a   Feng, G ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Above ground green biomass; Desert steppe; Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; Remote sensing; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; STEPPE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION INDEX;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84945454734     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfs.12152     Document Type: Article

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