High Spatial Resolution Optical Image Texture for Improved Estimation of Forest Stand Leaf Area Index

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 441-449

  Wulder, M A ^a   Franklin, S E ^b   Lavigne, M B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ABSORBED PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (APAR); IMAGE TEXTURE ANALYSIS; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0030400360     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.1996.10874668     Document Type: Article

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