In situ calibration of light sensors for long-term monitoring of vegetation

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3405-3416

  Jin, Hongxiao ^a   Eklundh, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calibration; error propagation; fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR); light sensor; near surface remote sensing; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI); reflectance; uncertainty; vegetation monitoring

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; INFRARED DEVICES; MANUFACTURE; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SUPPLY CHAINS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ERROR PROPAGATION; LIGHT SENSOR; NEAR SURFACES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY; VEGETATION MONITORING;

CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NDVI; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TRANSMITTANCE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 85027921484     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2014.2375381     Document Type: Article

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