AN INTERCOMPARISON OF PASSIVE TERRESTRIAL REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES TO DERIVE LAI AND CANOPY COVER METRICS
Forest indicators such as Leaf Area Index (LAI) and vegetation cover type are recognised as Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) which support the '…research, modelling, analysis, and capacity-building activities…' requirements of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-07-01
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Series: | The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XXXIX-B8/457/2012/isprsarchives-XXXIX-B8-457-2012.pdf |