Automated spaceborne detection of degraded vegetation around Monchegorsk, Kola Peninsula, Russia

ABSTRACT This paper develops a simple method for the detection of ‘vegetation anomalies’, locations where the amount of vegetation, estimated through the use of the normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI), is significantly lower than expected on the basis of topographic factors alone. The meth...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Rees, W. G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2011
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247411000337
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247411000337