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Invertible canopy reflectance modeling of vegetation structure in semiarid woodlandThe Li-Strahler canopy reflectance model, driven by Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data, provided regional estimates of tree size and density in two bioclimatic zones in West Africa. This model exploits tree geometry in an inversion technique to predict average tree size and density from reflectance data using a few simple parameters measured in the field (spatial pattern, shape, and size distribution of trees) and in the imagery (spectral signatures of scene components). The model was tested in sparse woodland and wooded grassland in the Sahelian and Sudanian bioclimatic zones in West Africa.
Document ID
19890028547
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Franklin, Janet
(California, University Santa Barbara, United States)
Strahler, Alan H.
(Hunter College New York, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Volume: 26
ISSN: 0196-2892
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
89A15918
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-735
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-788
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGT-05-010-804
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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