Estimation of leaf area index and crop height of sunflowers using multi-temporal optical and SAR satellite data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2780-2809

  Fieuzal, R ^a   Baup, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CROPS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; POLARIZATION; RADAR IMAGING; SATELLITES; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SOILS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

ANTENNA CONFIGURATIONS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; RADIATION INTERCEPTION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

CROP PLANT; LEAF AREA INDEX; OPTICAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

FRANCE;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 84973928852     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2016.1176276     Document Type: Article

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