Correlation between maximum latewood density of annual tree rings and NDVI based estimates of forest productivity

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2329-2336

  D'Arrigo, R D ^a   Jacoby, G C ^a   Bunker, D E ^a   Malmstrom, C M ^b   Los, S O ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FOREST HEALTH; GROWTH RESPONSE; NDVI; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TREE RING;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; VEGETATION;

MAXIMUM LATEWOOD DENSITY; NORMALIZED-DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033909765     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160050029611     Document Type: Article

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