Comparative analysis of GF-1, HJ-1, and Landsat-8 data for estimating the leaf area index of winter wheat

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 266-285

  LI, He ^a   CHEN, Zhong xin ^a   JIANG, Zhi wei ^a,b   WU, Wen bin ^a   REN, Jian qiang ^a   LIU, Bin ^a   Tuya, Hasi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

GF 1 WFV; HJ 1 CCD; Landsat 8 OLI; leaf area index; PROSAIL; vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012253346     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(15)61293-X     Document Type: Article

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