Leaf area index (LAI)

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Kruger National Park - South Africa
Abstract
plots for herbaceous leaf area index (m2/m2).
Keywords
herbaceous layer
LAI (Leaf Area Index)
Contact
Abel Ramoelo
Owner/Creator
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Metadata Provider
Abel Ramoelo
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 14:17
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Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - 14:23
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abel.ramoelo@gmail.com
Geographic
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Kruger and surrounding areas
Additional information
Method Description
For each plot where grass samples were acquire, leaf area index was collected. A full protocol is available on the listed papers. Ramoelo A., Cho M.A., Mathieu R., Madonsela S., van de Kerchove R., Kaszta Z., Wolff E. Monitoring grass nutrients and biomass as indicators of rangeland quality and quantity using random forest modelling and WorldView-2 data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 43, 43-54 (2015).
Ramoelo A., Cho M.A., Mathieu R. Potential of Sentinel-2 spectral configuration to assess rangeland quality. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 9, doi:10.1117/1.JRS.9.094096 (2015).
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Spatial Design
unknown spatial design
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