Brown and green LAI mapping through spectral indices

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 35, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 350-358

  Delegido, Jesús ^a   Verrelst, Jochem ^a   Rivera, Juan ^a   Ruiz Verdú, Antonio ^a   Moreno, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Brown LAI; Hyperspectral; Senescent vegetation; Sentinel 2; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CHLOROPHYLL; LEAF AREA INDEX; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENTINEL; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION INDEX;

ALBACETE [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; BARRAX; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; SPAIN;

EID: 85102530389     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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