Comparison of the inversion of two canopy reflectance models for mapping forest crown closure using imaging spectroscopy

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-244

  Zeng, Yuan ^a,b   Huang, Jianxi ^c   Wu, Bingfang ^a   Schaepman, Michael E ^b   De Bruin, Sytze ^b   Clevers, Jan G P W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FORECASTING; FUNCTIONS; INTERPOLATION; LITHIUM; MODELS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

BAND SELECTIONS; CANOPY REFLECTANCE MODELS; CONTINUOUS; CROWN CLOSURES; HYPERION; HYPERION DATUM; IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; IMAGING SPECTROSCOPIES; KRIGING; MERIT FUNCTIONS; MODEL INVERSIONS; NATURE RESERVES; OPTICAL MODELS; SPATIAL INTERPOLATIONS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; STUDY AREAS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 55049110241     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m08-026     Document Type: Article

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