Estimating the leaf area index of North Central Wisconsin forests using the landsat thematic mapper

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-245

  Fassnacht, Karin S ^a   Gower, Stith T ^a   MacKenzie, Mark D ^b   Nordheim, Erik V ^a,c   Lillesand, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; INFRARED RADIATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFLECTOMETERS;

FORESTS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LEAF AREA INDEX; VEGETATION INDICES;

SATELLITES;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST; HARDWOOD FOREST; LAI; LANDSAT TM; LEAF AREA INDEX; REMOTE SENSING;

USA, WISCONSIN;

EID: 0031204351     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(97)00005-9     Document Type: Article

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