Leaf Area Index Estimation Using Time-Series MODIS Data in Different Types of Vegetation

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 733-743

  Fang, Shenghui ^a   Le, Yuan ^a   Liang, Qi ^a   Liu, Xiaojun ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

LAI; Neural network; Time series MODIS data; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939872107     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-013-0349-1     Document Type: Article

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