Experimental assessment of the Sentinel-2 band setting for RTM-based LAI retrieval of sugar beet and maize

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-247

  Richter, K ^a,b   Atzberger, C ^c   Vuolo, F ^d   Weihs, P ^b   D'urso G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d ARIESPACE srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SUGAR BEETS; TABLE LOOKUP;

AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTS; COMPACT AIRBORNE SPECTROGRAPHIC IMAGER; EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL MONITORING FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY; ITERATIVE OPTIMIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 73149105547     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m09-010     Document Type: Article

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