Evaluation of the representativeness of networks of sites for the global validation and intercomparison of land biophysical products: Proposition of the CEOS-BELMANIP

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1794-1802

  Baret, Frédéric ^a   Morissette, Jeffrey T ^b   Fernandes, Richard A ^c   Champeaux, J L ^d   Myneni, Ranga B ^e   Chen, J ^f   Plummer, Stephen ^g   Weiss, M ^a   Bacour, C ^a   Garrigues, Sébastien ^b   Nickeson, Jamie E ^h  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^h SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Global land biophysical products; Intercomparison; Leaf area index (LAI); Validation

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CLIMATOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

GLOBAL LAND BIOPHYSICAL PRODUCTS; INTERCOMPARISON; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VALIDATION;

LAND USE;

EID: 33746381661     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.876030     Document Type: Article

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