Sensing vegetation growth with reflected GPS signals

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Small, Eric E ^a   Larson, Kristine M ^b   Braun, John J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; LAND AREAS; LAND SURFACE CONDITIONS; MODELING AND VALIDATION; MULTI-PATH; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; REFLECTED GPS; SHRUBLANDS; SPACE-BASED; TEST SITE; VEGETATION GROWTH; VEGETATION HEIGHT; VEGETATION STATE; VEGETATIVE INDEX;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; WATER CONTENT;

VEGETATION;

CANOPY REFLECTANCE; FIELD; GPS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH DETERMINATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUBLAND; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77954400957     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042951     Document Type: Article

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