Vegetation canopy PAR absorptance and NDVI: An assessment for ten tree species with the SAIL model

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 254-269

  Huemmrich, K F ^a   Goward, S N ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFLECTION;

FOREST; LEAF TRANSMITTANCE; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION ABSORPTANCE; TWIGS;

REMOTE SENSING;

FOREST; FOREST CANOYT; LAI; LEAF AREA INDEX; NDVI; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PAR; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SAIL; TREE SPECIES; VEGETATION CANOPY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031202623     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(97)00042-4     Document Type: Article

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