Detection of Forests Using Mid-IR Reflectance: An Application for Aerosol Studies

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 672-683

  Kaufman, Yoram J ^a   Remer, Lorraine A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FORESTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SMOKE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REFLECTANCE; VEGETATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0028430333     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.297984     Document Type: Article

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