Comparative analysis of different retrieval methods for mapping grassland leaf area index using airborne imaging spectroscopy

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-31

  Atzberger, Clement ^a   Darvishzadeh, Roshanak ^b   Immitzer, Markus ^a   Schlerf, Martin ^c   Skidmore, Andrew ^b   le Maire, Guerric ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^d UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

Author keywords

Leaf area index; Look up table; Narrow band vegetation index; Predictive equation; Radiative transfer model; Sample size

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA INVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; LEAF AREA INDEX; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; MAJELLA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84937844470     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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