Utility of reflectance model inversion versus two spectral indices for estimating biophysical characteristics in a boreal forest test site

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-111

  Gemmell, Fraser ^a   Varjo, Jari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; RADAR IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FOREST LIGHT INTERACTION MODEL; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REFLECTANCE MODEL INVERSION; SOIL ADJUSTED VEGETATION INDEX;

REMOTE SENSING;

BOREAL FOREST; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032843616     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00102-3     Document Type: Article

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