Forest leaf area density profiles from the quantitative fusion of radar and hyperspectral data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2002, Pages ACL-7-1-ACL-7-13

  Treuhaft, Robert N ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^b   Law, Beverly E ^c   Van Tuyl, Steven ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy; Interferometric radar; Leaf area density; Vegetation profiling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; INFRARED IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

DATA ASSIMILATION; LEAF AREA INDEX;

EID: 36448973118     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000646     Document Type: Article

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