Monitoring the Vernal Advancement and Retrogradation (Green Wave Effect) of Natural VegetationThe author has identified the following significant results. The Great Plains Corridor rangeland project successfully utilized natural vegetation systems as phenological indicators of seasonal development and climatic effects upon regional growth conditions. An effective method was developed for quantitative measurement of vegetation conditions, including green biomass estimates, recorded in bands 5 and 6, corrected for sun angle, were used to compute a ratio parameter (TV16) which is shown to be highly correlated with green biomass and vegatation moisture content. Analyses results of ERTS-1 digital data and correlated ground data are summarized. Attention was given to analyzing weather influences and test site variables on vegetation condition measurements with ERTS-1 data.
Document ID
19750020419
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Rouse, J. W., Jr. (Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX, United States)
Haas, R. H. (Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX, United States)
Deering, D. W. (Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX, United States)
Schell, J. A. (Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX, United States)
Harlan, J. C. (Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX, United States)