Comparative analysis of SPOT, Landsat, MODIS, and AVHRR normalized difference vegetation index data on the estimation of leaf area index in a mixed grassland ecosystem

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tong, Alexander ^a   He, Yuhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

AVHRR; grassland; landsat TM; leaf area index; MODIS; normalized difference vegetation index; SPOT 4 HRVIR

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); DATA FUSION; VEGETATION;

AVHRR; GRASSLAND; LANDSAT TM; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SPOT-4 HRVIR;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84896303876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.7.073599     Document Type: Article

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