Beyond leaf color: Comparing camera-based phenological metrics with leaf biochemical, biophysical, and spectral properties throughout the growing season of a temperate deciduous forest

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 181-191

  Yang, Xi ^a   Tang, Jianwu ^b   Mustard, John F ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorophyll; green up; leaf physiology; phenology; senescence; vegetation spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; GROWING SEASON; LEAF AREA; PHENOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SENESCENCE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

MARTHA'S VINEYARD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898907820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002460     Document Type: Article

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