Boreal forest mapping at the BOREAS study area using seasonal optical indices sensitive to plant pigment content

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue , 2008, Pages S158-S171

  Hu, Baoxin ^a   Miller, John R ^a   Zarco Tejada, Pablo ^b   Freemantle, James ^a   Zwick, Harold ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^c MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAINT;

BOREAL FORESTS; COMPACT AIRBORNE SPECTROGRAPHIC IMAGER (CASI); FOREST VEGETATION; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION; OPTICAL INDICES; RELATIVE PROPORTIONS; RESOLUTION IMAGING; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SPECTRAL BANDING; SPECTRAL PARAMETERS; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED (VNIR);

VEGETATION;

EID: 47549106150     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m07-066     Document Type: Article

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