Tracking the Seasonal Dynamics of Boreal Forest Photosynthesis Using EO-1 Hyperion Reflectance: Sensitivity to Structural and Illumination Effects

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 5105-5116

  Hernandez Clemente, Rocio ^a   Kolari, Pasi ^b   Porcar Castell, Albert ^b   Korhonen, Lauri ^c   Mottus, Matti ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest structure; growing season; Hyperion; hyperspectral; narrow band vegetation indices (VIs); photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTS; REFLECTION; VEGETATION;

FOREST STRUCTURE; GROWING SEASON; HYPERION; HYPERSPECTRAL; NARROW BAND VEGETATION INDICES;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWING SEASON; HYPERION; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REFLECTANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRACKING; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 84966617033     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2016.2554466     Document Type: Article

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