On the bias of instantaneous FAPAR estimates in open-canopy forests

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1501-1522

  Widlowski, Jean Luc ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D radiative transfer models; FAPAR; Open canopy forest; Sampling strategy; Spatial heterogeneity; Validation of remote sensing products

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLEAR SKY; COLOR; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOLIAGE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FLOOR; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HETEROGENEITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 77957883936     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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