Use of middle infrared radiation to estimate the leaf area index of a boreal forest

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 755-760

  Boyd, Doreen S ^a   Wicks, Toby E ^b   Curran, Paul J ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LAI; Middle infrared radiation; NDVI; Remote sensing; VI3

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000310352     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.11.755     Document Type: Article

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