A hybrid inversion method for mapping leaf area index from MODIS data: Experiments and application to broadleaf and needleleaf canopies

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-424

  Fang, Hongliang ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ETM+; Leaf area index (LAI); MODIS; Neural network; Projection pursuit regression; Soil reflectance index (SRI)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TABLE LOOKUP;

INVERSION ACCURACY; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); RADIATIVE TRANSFER (RT); SOIL REFLECTANCE INDEX (SRI);

MAPPING;

FOREST CANOPY; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

FOREST CANOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAVES; MAPPING; RADIOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 12344289749     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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