Analysis of leaf area index products from combination of MODIS Terra and Aqua data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-312

  Yang, W ^a   Shabanov, N V ^a   Huang, D ^a   Wang, W ^a   Dickinson, R E ^b   Nemani, R R ^c   Knyazikhin, Y ^a   Myneni, R B ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqua; Leaf area index; MODIS; Terra

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS;

AQUA; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); TERRA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSOR; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; VEGETATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748758180     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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