Evaluation of vegetation indices and a modified simple ratio for boreal applications

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-242

  Chen, Jing M ^a  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; FPAR; LAI; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LINEARIZATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BOREAL FORESTS; FRACTION OF PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (FPAR); LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); MODIFIED SIMPLE RATIO (MSR) INDEX; VEGETATION INDICES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0030231725     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.1996.10855178     Document Type: Article

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