Forest leaf area index determination: A multiyear satellite-independent method based on within-stand normalized difference vegetation index spatial variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  le Maire, Guerric ^a,b   Francois C ^a   Soudani, K ^a   Davi, H ^a,c   Le Dantec, V ^d   Saugier, B ^a   Dufrene E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

^d CESBIO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOREST CANOPY; GIS; IKONOS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LEAF AREA INDEX; NDVI; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPOT; WEIBULL THEORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FONTAINEBLEAU FOREST; FRANCE; ILE-DE-FRANCE; SEINE-ET-MARNE; WESTERN EUROPE;

FAGUS;

EID: 34848852015     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JG000122     Document Type: Article

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