BRDF Applications in Semiarid Grassland Monitoring with the AVHRRs

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Field Survey Sites, Xilingol Aimag, Inner Mongolia P.R.C.

Locations of Grassland Field Survey Grid Sites, August 1996 (white is cloud). FCC from channel DNs.

The site grids are coded as :

• Site A: Stipa gobica desert steppe
• Site B: Caragana microphylla desert steppe
• Site C: Artemisia frigida / Allium mong. typical steppe
• Site D: Stipa grandis typical steppe (fair-to-middling)
• Site E: Aneurolipideum chinense haymaking (protected)
• Site F: Aneurolipideum chinense typical steppe
• Site G: Neopallasia pectinata steppe (degraded S.krylovii typical steppe).