Retrieving vegetation clumping index from Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) data at 275m resolution

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 138, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-133

  Pisek, Jan ^a   Ryu, Youngryel ^b   Sprintsin, Michael ^c   He, Liming ^d   Oliphant, Andrew J ^e   Korhonen, Lauri ^f   Kuusk, Joel ^a   Kuusk, Andres ^a   Bergstrom, Rafael ^g   Verrelst, Jochem ^h   Alikas, Krista ^a  

^a TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Jewish National Fund   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hotspot; MISR; Multi angle remote sensing; NDHD; Vegetation clumping index

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MISR; MULTI-ANGLE REMOTE SENSING; NDHD; VEGETATION CLUMPING INDEX;

SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS; VEGETATION;

RADIOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BIOME; CANOPY; ENERGY FLUX; FOLIAGE; MISR; MODIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLDER; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 84882782560     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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