Continental scale variability in vegetation reflectance and its relationship to canopy morphology

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 1223-1241

  Bartlett, D S ^a   Hardisky, M A ^b   Johnson, R W ^a   Gross, M F ^c   Klemas, V ^c   Hartman, J M ^d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES - PHOTOGRAPHY;

CANOPY MORPHOLOGY; VEGETATION REFLECTANCE;

REMOTE SENSING;

BIOMASS; CANOPY MORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; SPECTRAL INDEX; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; VEGETATION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION REFLECTANCE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0024165251     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431168808954930     Document Type: Article

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