Continuous observation of leaf area index at Fluxnet-Canada sites

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 189-190, Issue , 2014, Pages 168-174

  Gonsamo, Alemu ^a   Chen, Jing M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian carbon program; Fluxnet; Leaf area index; MSAVI; Semi empirical model

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY FLUX; LEAF AREA INDEX; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CANADA;

EID: 84896362350     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.01.016     Document Type: Article

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