to evaluate the capability of irs-p6 liss-iii data to be employed for monitoring the pollarding forest areas in northern zagros, some parts of pollarded forests located around baneh city were selected as a case study area. the pollarding area was determined as the ground truth in a 3-year alternation period using a global positioning system (gps). radiometric and geometric corrections were appl...

In monitoring vegetation change and urban planning, the measure and the mapping of the green vegetation over the Earth play an important role. The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) is the most popular approach to generate vegetation maps for remote sensing imagery. Unfortunately, the NDVI generates low-resolution vegetation maps. Highresolution imagery, such as IKONOS imagery, can b...

Located in the central Chinese Loess Plateau, the Jinghe River is one of the major tributaries of the Yellow River, and the river basin it inhabits is characterized by a continental climate. Considering that land degradation has been the main ecological problem in the Jinghe River Basin, there is an urgent need to scientifically explore the land degradation mechanism in order to restore natural...

To determine the suitable indices for vegetation cover and production assessment based on the remote sensing data, simultaneous digital data with field data belonging to the spring rangeland of the Semirom-Isfahan province were analyzed. During two years of monitoring the annual, grass, forb, and shrub vegetation cover and the total production data from 86 were collected. The Global Positioning...

Green Leaf Area Index (GLAI) and Green Biomass (GBM) are two of the fundamental biophysical properties indicating vegetation physiological status. In the current research a new three channel normalized band ratio algorithm i.e. "Weighted Normalized Crop Index (WNCI)" is proposed for remote estimation of vegetation GLAI and GBM. WNCI takes into account three of the most common vegetation sensiti...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: ET: Evapotranspiration; ETM: Enhanced Thematic Mapper; EVI: Enhanced Vegetation Index; FAO: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; LAI: Leaf Area Index; MODIS: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (it is attached to Terra a sun synchronous satellite); NDVI; Normalized Difference in Vegetation Index; SAVI...

This paper evaluated the capacity of SPOT VEGETATION time-series to monitor the vegetation biomass and water content in order to improve fire risk assessment in the savanna ecosystem of Kruger National Park in South Africa. First, the single date and integrated vegetation index approach, which quantify the amount of herbaceous biomass at the end of the rain season, were evaluated using in situ ...

Landsat 8, the most recently launched satellite of the series, promises to maintain the continuity of Landsat 7. However, in addition to subtle differences in sensor characteristics and vegetation index (VI) generation algorithms, VIs respond differently to the seasonality of the various types of vegetation cover. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the effects of these variations on VIs...

SUMMARY Operational monitoring of vegetative cover by remote sensing currently involves the utilisation of vegetation indices. Vegetation indices are widely used for assessing and monitoring ecological variables such as vegetation cover, above-ground biomass and leaf area index. This study reviewed and evaluated different vegetation indices for estimating vegetation cover in rangelands in Cente...