L-band vegetation optical depth seasonal metrics for crop yield assessment

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 212, Issue , 2018, Pages 249-259

  Chaparro, David ^a   Piles, Maria ^b   Vall llossera, Mercè ^a   Camps, Adriano ^a   Konings, Alexandra G ^c   Entekhabi, Dara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Crop yield; L band radiometry; SMAP; Vegetation optical depth

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH RATE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; VIDEO ON DEMAND;

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; CROP YIELD; DEPTH PARAMETERS; L-BAND RADIOMETRY; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MICROWAVE EMISSIONS; SMAP; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS; VEGETATION CANOPY; VEGETATION OPTICAL DEPTH;

CROPS;

ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CROP YIELD; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIOMETER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; VEGETATION COVER;

UNITED STATES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85046777196     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.04.049     Document Type: Article

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