Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI) used for mapping biophysical parameters of boreal forests

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D22, 1999, Pages 27945-27958

  Chen, Jing M ^a   Leblanc, Sylvain G ^a   Miller, John R ^b   Freemantle, Jim ^b   Loechel, Sara E ^c   Walthall, Charles L ^d   Innanen, Kris A ^b   White, H Peter ^b  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMPACT AIRBORNE SPECTROGRAPHIC IMAGER; CROWN ARCHITECTURE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MAPPING;

CANADA;

BRYOPHYTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0033610958     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900098     Document Type: Article

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