Comparisons of land cover and LAI estimates derived from ETM+ and MODIS for four sites in North America: A quality assessment of 2000/2001 provisional MODIS products

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-255

  Cohen, Warren B ^a   Maiersperger, Thomas K ^b   Yang, Zhiqiang ^b   Gower, Stith T ^c   Turner, David P ^b   Ritts, William D ^b   Berterretche, Mercedes ^b,e   Running, Steven W ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e Ingenieros Consultores Asociados   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

BigFoot; ETM+; IGBP; Land cover; Leaf area index; MODIS; Validation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; MAPS; RADAR; SENSORS;

LAND COVER; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI);

VEGETATION;

LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0842306348     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2003.06.006     Document Type: Article

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