Evaluation of spectral unmixing techniques using MODIS in a structurally complex savanna environment for retrieval of green vegetation, nonphotosynthetic vegetation, and soil fractional cover

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-130

  Meyer, T ^a   Okin, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground truthing MODIS; Kalahari; Multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis; Savanna ecosystems; Spectral line point intercept transect methods; Spectral mixture analysis; Spectral unmixing

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MIXTURES; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPY; VEGETATION;

GROUND TRUTHING; KALAHARI; MULTIPLE ENDMEMBER SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS; POINT INTERCEPT; SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS; SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL UNMIXING;

RADIOMETERS;

FIELDWORK; MODIS; NADIR; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA; SOIL COVER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TRANSECT; VEGETATION COVER;

BOTSWANA;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 85027944200     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.02.013     Document Type: Article

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