Evaluation of six satellite-derived Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetic Active Radiation (FAPAR) products across the Australian continent

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 241-256

  Pickett Heaps, Christopher A ^a   Canadell, Josep G ^a   Briggs, Peter R ^a   Gobron, Nadine ^b   Haverd, Vanessa ^a   Paget, Matt J ^a   Pinty, Bernard ^b   Raupach, Michael R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Australia; FAPAR; In situ comparison and evaluation; Satellite product evaluation inter comparison; Validation; Vegetation spatio temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FAPAR; IN-SITU COMPARISON AND EVALUATION; INTERCOMPARISONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; VALIDATION;

RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES;

VEGETATION;

AVHRR; BIOME; GRASSLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; MERIS; MODIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWIFS; SHRUBLAND; SPOT; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84884689589     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.08.037     Document Type: Article

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