Heterogeneity of savanna canopy structure and function from imaging spectrometry and inverse modeling

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1022-1036

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Wessman, Carol A ^a   Schimel, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Imaging spectrometry; Inverse modeling; Landscape ecology; Leaf area index (LAI); PAR; Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR); Radiative transfer; Remote sensing; Savannas; Texas

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; MODELING; SAVANNA; SPECTROMETRY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031735472     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[1022:HOSCSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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