Mapping forest leaf area index using reflectance and textural information derived from WorldView-2 imagery in a mixed natural forest area in Florida, US

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-23

  Pu, Ruiliang ^a   Cheng, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; Landsat TM; Leaf area index (LAI); Texture measure; Vegetation index; WorldView 2

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST CANOPY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LEAF AREA INDEX; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; WORLDVIEW;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937885945     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.05.004     Document Type: Article

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