The effect of crown shape on the reflectance of coniferous stands

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-52

  Rautiainen, Miina ^a   Stenberg, Pauline ^a   Nilson, Tiit ^b   Kuusk, Andres ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Leaf area index; Norway spruce; Reflectance model; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FORESTRY;

LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI);

REMOTE SENSING;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; LEAF AREA INDEX; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0842327849     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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