Estimation of forest leaf area index from SPOT imagery using NDVI distribution over forest stands

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 885-902

  Davi, Hendrik ^a,b   Soudani, K ^a   Deckx, T ^a   Dufrene, E ^a   Le Dantec, V ^b   Francois C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; HARDWOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWOODS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LEAF AREA INDEX; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; STANDARD DEVIATION;

FORESTRY;

FOREST CANOPY; LEAF AREA INDEX; NDVI; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT;

ESTIMATION; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LOGARITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS;

FAGUS SYLVATICA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33646809035     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500227896     Document Type: Article

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