Evaluation of topographic effects on four commonly used vegetation indices

Yaogan Xuebao/Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 210-234

  Zhu, Gaolong ^a,b   Liu, Yibo ^a   Ju, Weimin ^a   Chen, Jingming ^a,c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Band ratio; Topographic correction; Topographic effect; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890233860     PISSN: 10074619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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