Effects of spectral, spatial, and radiometric characteristics on remote sensing vegetation indices of forested regions

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 139-149

  Teillet, P M ^a   Staenz, K ^a   Williams, D J ^b  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

FORESTRY;

AVIRIS; BANDWITCH; FOREST REGION; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGE; VEGETATION CONDITION; VEGETATION INDEX;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 0031177944     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(96)00248-9     Document Type: Article

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