Retrieving leaf area index of boreal conifer forests using landsat TM images

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-162

  Chen, Jing M ^a   Cihlar, Josef ^a  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAS; BRYOPHYTA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; LANDSAT TM IMAGERY; LEAF AREA INDEX; VEGETATION CANOPY; VEGETATION INDEX;

CANADA, MANITOBA, THOMPSON; CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN, CANDLE LAKE; CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN, PRINCE ALBERT;

EID: 0029751225     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(95)00195-6     Document Type: Article

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