Retrieving leaf area index with a neural network method: Simulation and validation

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 9 PART I, 2003, Pages 2052-2062

  Fang, Hongliang ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced thematic mapper plus (ETM+); Leaf area index (LAI); Neural networks (NNs); Radiative transfer; Soil reflectance index (SRI)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTOMAPPING; REFLECTION; SOILS;

ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS; LEAF AREA INDEX; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOIL REFLECTANCE INDEX;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0141974913     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.813493     Document Type: Article

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