Modeling the view angle dependence of gap fractions in forest canopies: Implications for mapping fractional snow cover using optical remote sensing

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1005-1019

  Liu, Jicheng ^a   Melloh, Rae A ^b   Woodcock, Curtis E ^a   Davis, Robert E ^b   Painter, Thomas H ^c   McKenzie, Ceretha ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPY; MODELING; MODIS; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER;

EID: 58049097587     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM866.1     Document Type: Article

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