Determining optimal new generation satellite derived metrics for accurate C3 and C4 grass species aboveground biomass estimation in South Africa

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Festuca costata; Landsat 8; Productivity; Sentinel 2; Themeda triandra; WorldView 2

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

FESTUCA; LANDSAT; SENTINEL 2; THEMEDA TRIANDRA; WORLDVIEW-2;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 85045967494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10040564     Document Type: Article

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