Global clumping index map derived from the MODIS BRDF product

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 119, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-130

  He, Liming ^a   Chen, Jing M ^a   Pisek, Jan ^b   Schaaf, Crystal B ^c,d   Strahler, Alan H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

BRDF; Clumping index; Hotspot; MODIS; NDHD; TRAC

Indexed keywords

BRDF; CLUMPING INDEX; HOT SPOT; MODIS; NDHD; TRAC;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FORESTRY; INFRARED DEVICES; MAPS; NEEDLES; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; TIRES;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HOT SPOT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MODIS; POLDER; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION COVER; ZENITH ANGLE;

FOREST CANOPY; MAPS; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84862783403     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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