Evaluation of seasonal variations of remotely sensed leaf area index over five evergreen coniferous forests

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 130, Issue , 2017, Pages 187-201

  Wang, Rong ^a   Chen, Jing M ^a   Liu, Zhili ^b   Arain, Altaf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; GPP modeling; Leaf chlorophyll content; Remote sensing; Seasonal leaf area index

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FORESTRY; NEEDLES; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

CANOPY STRUCTURE; END OF GROWING SEASONS; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEAF CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; MERIS TERRESTRIAL CHLOROPHYLL INDICES (MTCI); PRODUCTIVITY MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

CANOPY EXCHANGE; CHLOROPHYLL; CONIFEROUS TREE; DATA ACQUISITION; GROWING SEASON; LEAF AREA INDEX; MERIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OPTICAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 85020536361     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.05.017     Document Type: Article

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