Effective GAI is best estimated from reflectance observations as compared to GAI and LAI: Demonstration for wheat and maize crops based on 3D radiative transfer simulations
Jingyi Jiang, Marie Weiss, Shouyang Liu, Frédéric Baret
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Leaf area indexAtmospheric radiative transfer codesRemote sensingRadiative transferCanopyMean squared errorInversion (geology)Environmental scienceReflectivityEmpirical modellingVegetation (pathology)Photochemical Reflectance IndexMathematicsAgronomyNormalized Difference Vegetation IndexComputer scienceGeographyOpticsPhysicsGeologyStatisticsProgramming languageMedicineArchaeologyPaleontologyBiologyStructural basinPathologyRemote Sensing in AgricultureUrban Heat Island MitigationLand Use and Ecosystem Services