An evaluation of MODIS 250-m data for green LAI estimation in crops

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Gitelson, Anatoly A ^a   Wardlow, Brian D ^a   Keydan, Galina P ^a   Leavitt, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CROPS; IRRIGATION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); PLANT STRESS; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE VEGETATION INDEX;

CLIMATOLOGY;

LEAF AREA INDEX; MAIZE; MODIS; NDVI; SOYBEAN;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 37349046668     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031620     Document Type: Article

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