Realistic and simplified models of plant and leaf area indices for a seasonally dry tropical forest
Leaf Area Index (LAI) models that consider all phenological stages have not been developed for the Caatinga, the largest seasonally dry tropical forest in South America. LAI models that are currently used show moderate to high covariance when compared to in situ data, but they often lack accuracy in...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-03-01
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Series: | International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303243419308190 |