Remote sensing of temperate coniferous forest leaf area index the influence of canopy closure, understory vegetation and background reflectance

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 95-111

  Spanner, Michael A ^a   Piercej, Lars L ^b   Peterson, David L ^a   Running, Steven W ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION - MEASUREMENTS; REMOTE SENSING - MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; SOLAR RADIATION - REFLECTION;

CONIFEROUS FOREST CANOPIES; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); SOLAR RADIATION REFLECTANCE; THEMATIC MAPPER DATA;

FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECT; CANOPY CLOSURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; LEAF AREA INDEX; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;

USA;

EID: 0025199178     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169008955002     Document Type: Article

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