Comparing the spectral settings of the new generation broad and narrow band sensors in estimating biomass of native grasses grown under different management practices

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 614-633

  Sibanda, Mbulisi ^a   Mutanga, Onisimo ^a   Rouget, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

grass productivity; native tropical grass; rangeland management; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; NATIVE SPECIES; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR; SENTINEL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 84983464414     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2016.1221576     Document Type: Article

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