Examining the Effects of Sensor Resolution and Sub-Pixel Heterogeneity on Spectral Vegetation Indices: Implications for Biophysical Modeling

Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 113-140

  Friedl, Mark A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85148815552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203740170-7     Document Type: Chapter

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