10.24411/1728-323X-2018-14123

Section

Cartography

Title

REMOTE SENSING AND FIELD SPECTROMETRY DATA IN THE STUDY OF THE STATE OF THE VEGETATION COVER IN THE STEPPES UNDER GRAZING CONDITIONS

Сontributors

L. D. Nemtseva, Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, researcher, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

E. I. Golubeva, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Professor, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

The article presents the results of the studies of the state of the vegetation cover of the steppes under grazing conditions based on geo-botanical methods, field spectrometry methods and remote sensing.

The difference in the distribution over the gradient of pasture degradation of NDVI values in the early spring period has been established, both according to the data of the field spectrometry and the space images. The main causes of this phenomenon are revealed. As a result of the comparison of the data of satellite measurements and field spectrometry of the vegetation cover, it was concluded that the study of pasture degradation of the steppe vegetation with the use of field spectrometry methods is promising.

Keywords

pasture degradation, steppe vegetation, vegetation index, spectrometry, remote sensing.

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