Relationship between remotely-sensed vegetation indices, canopy attributes and plant physiological processes: What vegetation indices can and cannot tell us about the landscape

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2136-2160

  Glenn, Edward P ^a   Huete, Alfredo R ^a   Nagler, Pamela L ^a   Nelson, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; EVI; NDVI; Primary production; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EVI; FRACTIONAL VEGETATION COVER; NDVI; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL-VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE TRANSFERS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 43049095208     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8042136     Document Type: Review

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