Inverting a canopy reflectance model using a neural network

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-122

  Gong, P ^a,b   Wang, D X ^c   Liang, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CANOPY REFLECTANCE MODEL;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; MODEL; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0033540320     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699213631     Document Type: Article

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