Seasonal change in understory reflectance of boreal forests and influence on canopy vegetation indices

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 29475-29482

  Miller, John R ^a   White, H Peter ^a   Chen, Jing M ^b   Peddle, Derek R ^c   McDermid, Greg ^d   Fournier, Richard A ^e   Shepherd, Paul ^a   Rubinstein, Irene ^a   Freemantle, Jim ^a   Soffer, Raymond ^a   LeDrew, Ellsworth ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; BOREAL ECOSYSTEM-ATMOSPHERE STUDY; BOREAL FOREST; BOREAS; FOREST UNDERSTORY; LAI; LEAF AREA INDEX; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION CANOPY; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 0031448675     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd02558     Document Type: Article

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