Examining the strength of the newly-launched Sentinel 2 MSI sensor in detecting and discriminating subtle differences between C3 and C4 grass species

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 129, Issue , 2017, Pages 32-40

  Shoko, C ^a   Mutanga, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Food security; Grassland ecosystems; Red edge; Spatial representation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD SUPPLY;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; ERRORS OF COMMISSIONS; FOOD SECURITY; GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS; MULTISPECTRAL INSTRUMENTS; OPERATIONAL LAND IMAGER; RED EDGE; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS;

VEGETATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DETECTION METHOD; FOOD SECURITY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; LANDSAT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; SENTINEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; VEGETATION INDEX; WORLDVIEW;

FESTUCA; POACEAE; THEMEDA ARGUENS;

EID: 85019022839     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.04.016     Document Type: Article

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