Remote sensing estimates of grassland aboveground biomass based on MODIS Net Primary Productivity (NPP): A case study in the Xilingol grassland of northern China

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 5368-5386

  Zhao, Fen ^a   Xu, Bin ^a   Yang, Xiuchun ^a   Jin, Yunxiang ^a   Li, Jinya ^a   Xia, Lang ^a   Chen, Shi ^b   Ma, Hailong ^a  

^a China Academy of Agricultural Science   (China)

^b An Hui Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Grassland; MOD17A2; Remote sensing; Xilingol

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; GRASSLAND; GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS; MOD17A2; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATE DESERT STEPPES; XILINGOL;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84986882851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6065368     Document Type: Article

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