Estimation of canopy-average surface-specific leaf area using Landsat TM data

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-191

  Lymburner, Leo ^a   Beggs, Paul J ^a   Jacobson, Carol R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LEAF; LEAF AREA INDEX; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033982721     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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