Spectral properties of coniferous forests: A review of in situ and laboratory measurements

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Rautiainen, Miina ^a   Lukeš, Petr ^b   Homolová, Lucie ^b   Hovi, Aarne ^a   Pisek, Jan ^c   Mõttus, Matti ^d  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Albedo; BRDF; Conifer; Forest; Needle; Reflectance; Shoot; Spectrum; Transmittance; Understory

Indexed keywords

NEEDLES; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

ALBEDO; BRDF; CONIFER; FOREST; SHOOT; SPECTRUM; TRANSMITTANCE; UNDERSTORY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 85042532724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10020207     Document Type: Review

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