A revised measurement methodology for conifer needles spectral optical properties: Evaluating the influence of gaps between elements

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-192

  Mesarch, Mark A ^a   Walter Shea, Elizabeth A ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^b   Middleton, Elizabeth M ^c   Chan, Stephen S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; ERRORS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONIFER NEEDLES; FIR NEEDLES; GAP FRACTION; MESQUITE LEAFLETS; SPECTRAL OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

REMOTE SENSING;

CONIFEROUS TREE; LEAF; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032826682     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00124-2     Document Type: Article

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