Theoretical uncertainty analysis of global MODIS, CYCLOPES, and GLOBCARBON LAI products using a triple collocation method

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 124, Issue , 2012, Pages 610-621

  Fang, Hongliang ^a   Wei, Shanshan ^a,b   Jiang, Chongya ^a   Scipal, Klaus ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CYCLOPES; GLOBCARBON; Leaf area index (LAI); MODIS; Triple collocation error model (TCEM); Uncertainty; Validation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPES; ERROR MODEL; GLOBCARBON; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION;

FORESTRY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOME; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GRASS; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA; SHRUB; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FOLIAR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

POACEAE;

EID: 84863815960     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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