Progress in remote sensing: vegetation monitoring in South Africa

South African Geographical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 461-471

  Mutanga, O ^a   Dube, T ^a   Ahmed, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

high resolution sensors; Landcover mapping; national scale; remote sensing; species discrimination; standing vegetation biomass; vegetation health quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR; VEGETATION MAPPING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84978034028     PISSN: 03736245     EISSN: 21512418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03736245.2016.1208586     Document Type: Article

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