Sensitivity of spectral indices to CO2 fluxes for several plant communities in a Sphagnum-dominated peatland

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue , 2008, Pages S414-S425

  Letendre, Jacinthe ^a   Poulin, Monique ^a   Rochefort, Line ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PORPHYRINS; REFLECTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT; WETLANDS;

CARBON EXCHANGES; CHLOROPHYLL INDICES; FLUX ESTIMATIONS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLES; GROSS PHOTOSYNTHESISES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDICES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDICES; PEATLAND; PEATLANDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REFLECTANCE INDICES; PLANT COMMUNITIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPECTRAL INDICES; WATER INDICES;

FLUXES;

EID: 57849103571     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m08-053     Document Type: Article

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