Estimating ground cover in the mixed prairie grassland of southern alberta using vegetation indices related to physiological function

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-66

  Smith, Anne M ^a   Hill, Michael J ^b   Zhang, Yongqin ^c  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON;

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; HYPERSPECTRAL SATELLITE; NON-PHOTOSYNTHETIC VEGETATION; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS;

VEGETATION;

EID: 84953877714     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2015.1042101     Document Type: Article

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