Biophysical estimation in tropical forests using JERS-1 VNIR imagery. I: Leaf area index

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 6811-6826

  Wang, C ^a   Qi, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMPIRICAL REGRESSION MODEL; GAUSSIAN REGRESSION; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHS; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SQUARED CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; BIOPHYSICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAF AREA INDEX; RADIOMETER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; CORRELATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODELS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 56049090086     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802270115     Document Type: Article

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