Assessment of the MODIS LAI product using ground measurement data and HJ-1A/1B imagery in the meadow steppe of Hulunber, China

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 6242-6265

  Li, Zhenwang ^a   Tang, Huan ^a   Xin, Xiaoping ^a   Zhang, Baohui ^a   Wang, Dongliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

HJ 1A 1B; Hulunber; Leaf area index (LAI); Meadow steppe; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); Validation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION; EARTH (PLANET); IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SPECTROMETERS;

HJ-1A/1B; HULUNBER; LEAF AREA INDEX; MEADOW STEPPES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; VALIDATION;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 84904488992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6076242     Document Type: Article

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