Progress in the remote sensing of C3 and C4 grass species aboveground biomass over time and space

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 120, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-24

  Shoko, Cletah ^a   Mutanga, Onisimo ^a   Dube, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Food security; Forage; Phenology; Sensor resolution; Spectral and spatial infidelity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; SPACE OPTICS;

FOOD SECURITY; FORAGE; PHENOLOGY; SENSOR RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL AND SPATIAL INFIDELITY;

REMOTE SENSING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOOD SECURITY; FORAGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRASS; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

POACEAE;

EID: 84982128222     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.08.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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