A new global fAPAR and LAI dataset derived from optimal albedo estimates: Comparison with MODIS products

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Disney, Mathias ^a,b   Muller, Jan Peter ^c   Kharbouche, Said ^c   Kaminski, Thomas ^d   Voßbeck, Michael ^d   Lewis, Philip ^a,b   Pinty, Bernard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d The Inversion Lab   (Germany)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albedo; fAPAR; GlobAlbedo; LAI; MODIS; Radiative transfer; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; VEGETATION;

ALBEDO; FAPAR; GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION; GLOBALBEDO; LAND SURFACE MODELING; MODIS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRUCTURAL ASSUMPTION;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 84971641416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8040275     Document Type: Article

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