SMAP Multi-Temporal vegetation optical depth retrieval as an indicator of crop yield trends and crop composition

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 2017-July, Issue , 2017, Pages 4362-4365

  Chaparro, David ^a   Vall Llossera, Merce ^b   Camps, Adriano ^a   Piles, Maria ^a   Konings, Alexandra G ^c   Entekhabi, Dara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Crops; Plant density; SMAP; Vegetation Optical Depth; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041865590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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