Utility of an image-based canopy reflectance modeling tool for remote estimation of LAI and leaf chlorophyll content at regional scales

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Houborg, Rasmus ^a   Anderson, Martha C ^b  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

inverse problems; radiative transfer; reflectance; remote sensing; satellites

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; INFRARED DEVICES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE TRANSFER; CANOPY REFLECTANCE MODEL; IMAGE-BASED TECHNIQUES; LEAF CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DEVIATIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION PARAMETERS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 77957320449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3141522     Document Type: Article

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