Relationship of MISR RPV parameters and MODIS BRDF shape indicators to surface vegetation patterns in an Australian tropical savanna

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue , 2008, Pages S247-S267

  Hill, Michael J ^a   Averill, Clare ^b   Jiao, Ziti ^c   Schaaf, Crystal B ^c   Armston, John D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; REFLECTION; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

AND MODELS; ANISOTROPIC SCATTERINGS; ASYMMETRY PARAMETERS; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCES; CANOPY COVERS; CARBON DYNAMICS; CLOSED CANOPIES; CONSISTENT VARIATIONS; DATA ASSIMILATIONS; DATA COVERAGES; DRY SEASONS; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL COVERAGES; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPERS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MODEL PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTIONS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATIONS; SHAPE INDICATORS; SINGLE PERIODS; STRUCTURAL DATUMS; SURFACE VEGETATIONS; TEMPORAL PROFILES; TIME SERIES; TREE HEIGHTS; VEGETATION CANOPIES; VEGETATION PATTERNS; VEGETATION STRUCTURES; VEGETATION TYPES;

VEGETATION;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; REFLECTION; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 57849109966     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m08-042     Document Type: Article

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