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Department of Biological Sciences

Remote sensing of water stress in fynbos vegetation

Abstract

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I aim to determine whether or not remote sensing, through multispectral, satellite and digital photography, is a feasible and accurate method for determining drought stress in Fynbos vegetation. I hypothesize that (1) water stress in fynbos is detectable with the use of a remote sensing index, namely NDVI and (2) that the remotely sensed trends will correlate with ground truth measures of water stress.

Degree

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Department of Biological Sciences
Year dc:date.issued
2010

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Beckett, Heath
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  • West, Adam G
  • Smit, Julian

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25902
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oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/25902

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Beckett, Heath. Remote sensing of water stress in fynbos vegetation. Department of Biological Sciences, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25902