Mapping global seasonal forest background reflectivity with Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1063-1077

  Jiao, Tong ^a   Liu, Ronggao ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Pisek, Jan ^b   Chen, Jing M ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

background reflectivity; forest; MISR; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904674885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002493     Document Type: Article

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