Evaluation and intercomparison of MODIS and GEOV1 global leaf area index products over four sites in north China

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 6196-6216

  Li, Zhenwang ^a   Tang, Huan ^a   Zhang, Baohui ^a   Yang, Guixia ^a   Xin, Xiaoping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Evaluation; GEOV1; Intercomparison; LAI; MODIS; Validation network of Remote sensing Products in China (VRPC)

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EVALUATION; GEOV1; INTERCOMPARISONS; LAI; MODIS; VALIDATION NETWORK OF REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS IN CHINA (VRPC);

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 84928667979     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150306196     Document Type: Article

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