Forest leaf area index estimation using combined ICESat/GLAS and optical remote sensing image

LUO She-Zhou; WANG Cheng; XI Xiao-Huan; NIE Sheng; XIA Shao-Bo; WAN Yi-Ping

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2015.02.020

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