Estimation and validation of RapidEye-based time-series of Leaf Area Index for winter wheat in the Rur catchment (Germany)

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2808-2831

  Ali, Muhammad ^a   Montzka, Carsten ^a   Stadler, Anja ^b   Menz, Gunter ^b   Thonfeld, Frank ^b   Vereecken, Harry ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric correction; Leaf area index; RapidEye; Red edge band; Time series; Validation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; LEAF AREA INDEX; RAPIDEYE; RED EDGE; VALIDATION;

VEGETATION;

EID: 84926331271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70302808     Document Type: Article

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