Inter- and intra-annual variations of clumping index derived from the MODIS BRDF product

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 53-60

  He, Liming ^a   Liu, Jane ^a,b   Chen, Jing M ^a   Croft, Holly ^a   Wang, Rong ^a   Sprintsin, Michael ^c   Zheng, Ting ^a   Ryu, Youngryel ^d   Pisek, Jan ^e   Gonsamo, Alemu ^a   Deng, Feng ^a   Zhang, Yongqin ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Jewish National Fund   (Israel)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^f DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BRDF; Clumping index; MODIS; Seasonality; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; LEAF AREA INDEX; MIXED FOREST; MODIS; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84988419504     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.07.007     Document Type: Article

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