A physics-based method for the remote sensing of seagrasses

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 174, Issue , 2016, Pages 134-147

  Hedley, John ^a   Russell, Brandon ^b   Randolph, Kaylan ^b   Dierssen, Heidi ^b  

^a Environmental Computer Science Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Inversion; LAI; Leaf area index; Radiative transfer model; Seagrass; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIXELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RAIN; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPACE OPTICS; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INVERSION; LAI; LEAF AREA INDEX; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SEAGRASSES; UNCERTAINTY;

MAPPING;

CALIBRATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 84949883803     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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