LAI, fAPAR and fCover CYCLOPES global products derived from VEGETATION. Part 1: Principles of the algorithm

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-286

  Baret, Frédéric ^a   Hagolle, Olivier ^c   Geiger, Bernhard ^b   Bicheron, Patrice ^d   Miras, Bastien ^d   Huc, Mireille ^d   Berthelot, Béatrice ^e   Niño, Fernando ^d   Weiss, Marie ^e   Samain, Olivier ^b   Roujean, Jean Louis ^b   Leroy, Marc ^d  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

^d MEDIAS France   (France)

^e Noveltis   (France)

Author keywords

Biophysical variables; BRDF; Cloud; fAPAR; fCover; Global products; LAI; Neural network; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETRY; ROBUST CONTROL;

BIOPHYSICAL VARIABLES; INFRARED BANDS; SIMULATIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; BIOPHYSICS; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CLOUD COVER; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; NADIR; OZONE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34548034502     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.02.018     Document Type: Article

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