A generic algorithm to estimate LAI, FAPAR and FCOVER variables from SPOT4_HRVIR and landsat sensors: Evaluation of the consistency and comparison with ground measurements

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 15494-15516

  Li, Wenjuan ^a   Weiss, Marie ^a   Waldner, Francois ^b   Defourny, Pierre ^b   Demarez, Valerie ^c   Morin, David ^c   Hagolle, Olivier ^c   Baret, Frédéric ^a  

^a UAPV   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c CESBIO   (France)

Author keywords

FAPAR; FCOVER; LAI; Landsat 8; SPOT4_HRVIR; Time series

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

FAPAR; FCOVER; LAI; LANDSAT; SPOT4_HRVIR;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84950109799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs71115494     Document Type: Article

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