Quantitative forest canopy structure assessment using an inverted geometric-optical model and up-scaling

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1385-1406

  Zeng, Yuan ^a,b   Schaepman, Michael ^a   Wu, Bingfang ^b   Clevers, Jan ^a   Bregt, Arnold ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS;

FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOREST CANOPY STRUCTURE; GEOMETRIC OPTICAL MODELS; LINEAR UNMIXING; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SURFACE COMPONENTS;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; GEOMETRY; HYPERION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MODEL; MONITORING SYSTEM; OPTICAL METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUICKBIRD; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

HYPERION;

EID: 67650242170     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802395276     Document Type: Article

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