Effects of subpixel water area fraction on mapping leaf area index and modeling net primary productivity in Canada

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 797-804

  Xu, Shiyong ^a   Chen, Jing M ^a   Fernandes, Richard ^b   Cihlar, Josef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SENSORS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

CANADA; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY (NPP); WATER AREA FRACTION;

WATER;

EID: 11144234981     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m04-039     Document Type: Article

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