Extrapolating active layer thickness measurements across arctic polygonal terrain using LiDAR and NDVI data sets

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 6339-6357

  Gangodagamage, Chandana ^a   Rowland, Joel C ^a   Hubbard, Susan S ^b   Brumby, Steven P ^a   Liljedahl, Anna K ^c   Wainwright, Haruko ^b   Wilson, Cathy J ^a   Altmann, Garrett L ^a   Dafflon, Baptiste ^b   Peterson, John ^b   Ulrich, Craig ^b   Tweedie, Craig E ^d   Wullschleger, Stan D ^e  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA FUSION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RADAR; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION LIDAR; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; LANDSCAPE ATTRIBUTES; REMOTE SENSING DATA; REMOTELY SENSED DATA;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 85040651973     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014283     Document Type: Article

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