Enhanced discrimination of boreal forest covers with directional reflectances from the airborne polarization and directionality of Earth reflectances (POLDER) instrument

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 29517-29528

  Bicheron, P ^a,c   Leroy, M ^a,c   Hautecoeur, O ^a,c   Breon F M ^b  

^a CESBIO   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BOREAL FOREST; BOREAS; DIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; POLDER; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; VEGETATION DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0031463213     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01330     Document Type: Article

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