On the relation between NDVI, fractional vegetation cover, and leaf area index

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-252

  Carlson, Toby N ^a   Ripley, David A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; SOLAR ENERGY;

VEGETATION INDEX;

AGRONOMY;

LAI; NDVI; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0031463298     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(97)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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