Biophysical and biochemical sources of variability in canopy reflectance

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 234-253

  Asner, Gregory P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOPHYSICAL BIOCHEMICAL VARIABILITY SOURCES; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; LEAF ANGLE DISTRIBUTION; LEAF AREA INDEX;

REMOTE SENSING;

CANOPY REFLECTANCE; LEAF; OPTICAL PROPERTY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 0032084065     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00014-5     Document Type: Article

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