Spatial heterogeneity of Leaf Area Index (LAI) and its temporal course on arable land: Combining field measurements, remote sensing and simulation in a Comprehensive Data Analysis Approach (CDAA)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Reichenau, Tim G ^a   Korres, Wolfgang ^a   Montzka, Carsten ^b   Fiener, Peter ^c   Wilken, Florian ^c,d,e   Stadler, Anja ^f   Waldhoff, Guido ^a   Schneider, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BELGIUM; CATCHMENT; COMPREHENSIVE DATA ANALYSIS APPROACH; CROP; DATA ANALYSIS; ENERGY BALANCE; GERMANY; LAND USE; LEAF AREA; LOESS; NETHERLANDS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROCESS MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; SURFACE SOIL; VEGETATION; WATER TRANSPORT; WEATHER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROP PRODUCTION; EUROPE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROP PRODUCTION; EUROPE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84979256169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158451     Document Type: Article

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