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  Egon Schiele (1890-1918), Autumn Sun 1 (1912)

 

The details of the MODIS and MISR LAI/FPAR algorithms can be found in these papers -

  • Shabanov et al., 2002 The effect of spatial heterogeneity in validation of the MODIS LAI and FPAR algorithm over broadleaf forests, Remote Sens. Environ.,85: 410-423.

  • Wang et al., 2002 A new parameterization of canopy spectral response to incident solar radiation: case study with hyperspectral data from pine dominant forest, Remote Sens. Environ., 85:304-315.

  • Tian et al., 2002. Radiative transfer based scaling of LAI/FPAR retrievals from reflectance data of different resolutions. Remote Sens. Environ., 84:143-159.

  • Wang et al., 2001. Investigation of product accuracy as a function of input and model uncertainities: Case study with SeaWiFS and MODIS LAI/FPAR Algorithm. Remote Sens. Environ. 78:296-311.

  • Panferov, O. et al., 2001. The role of canopy structure in the spectral variation of transmission and absorption of solar radiation in vegetation canopies. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 39:241-253.

  • Knyazikhin et al., 1998a. Synergistic algorithm for estimating vegetation canopy leaf area index and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation from MODIS and MISR data. J. Geophys. Res., 103:32,257-32,276.

  • Knyazikhin et al., 1998b. Estimation of vegetation canopy leaf area index and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation from MISR data. J. Geophys. Res., 103:32,239-32,256.

Climate and Vegetation Research Group
Dept. of Geography,Boston University. Oct-18-2004