Evaluating the capabilities of Sentinel-2 for quantitative estimation of biophysical variables in vegetation

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-92

  Frampton, William James ^a   Dash, Jadunandan ^a   Watmough, Gary ^a   Milton, Edward James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; LAI; Red Edge; Sentinel 2; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CHLOROPHYLL; ESTIMATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; SENSORS; SPECTROMETERS;

AIRBORNE IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; LAI; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MERIS TERRESTRIAL CHLOROPHYLL INDICES (MTCI); NORMALISED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; RED-EDGE; SENTINEL-2;

VEGETATION;

BIOPHYSICS; CHLOROPHYLL; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; ENVISAT-1; EOS; LEAF AREA INDEX; MERIS; NDVI; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ALBACETE [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; BARRAX; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; ITALY; SICILY; SPAIN;

EID: 84879584263     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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