Validating the MERIS terrestrial chlorophyll index (MTCI) with ground chlorophyll content data at MERIS spatial resolution

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 5513-5532

  Dash, J ^a   Curran, P J ^b   Tallis, M J ^a   Llewellyn, G M ^a,d   Taylor, G ^a   Snoeijf, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PIXELS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MERIS TERRESTRIAL CHLOROPHYLL INDICES (MTCI); ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STRATIFIED SAMPLING;

CHLOROPHYLL;

AVENA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861442652     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903376340     Document Type: Article

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