Mapping biophysical variables from solar and thermal infrared remote sensing: Focus on agricultural landscapes with spatial heterogeneity

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1844-1848

  Jacob, Frederic ^a   Weiss, Marie ^b  

^a UMR LISAH   (France)

^b UAPV   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; downscaling; forestry; remote sensing; spatial heterogeneity; upscaling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; INFRARED RADIATION; MAPPING;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; BIO-PHYSICAL VARIABLES; DOWN-SCALING; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; THERMAL INFRARED REMOTE SENSING; UPSCALING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84901359815     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2014.2313592     Document Type: Article

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