Variational retrieval of leaf area index from MODIS time series data: Examples from the Heihe river basin, north-west China

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 730-745

  Xiao, Zhiqiang ^a   Wang, Jindi ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^b   Zhou, Hongmin ^a   Li, Xijia ^a   Zhang, Liqiang ^a   Jiao, Ziti ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Fu, Zhuo ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MODELS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES; WATERSHEDS;

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; DATA ASSIMILATION TECHNIQUES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SHUFFLED COMPLEX EVOLUTION; VARIATIONAL ASSIMILATION;

RADIOMETERS;

ALGORITHM; ASTER; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD COVER; DATA ASSIMILATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 84863263486     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.577826     Document Type: Article

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