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Some simple relationships between land-surface emissivity, greenness and the plant cover fraction for use in satellite remote sensing

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 Simple equations are given which describe the relationships between the land-surface emissivity, the normalized difference vegetation index and the fractional vegetation cover. The empirical equations are validated using data taken from the literature. Adequate agreement is found between the formulas used in this study and those proposed by other authors.

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  1. Deutscher Wetterdienst, Agrarmeteorologische Forschung, Bundesallee 50, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany, , , , , , DE

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Received: 9 December 1996 / Revised: 23 May 1997 / Accepted: 4 July 1997

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Wittich, KP. Some simple relationships between land-surface emissivity, greenness and the plant cover fraction for use in satellite remote sensing. Int J Biometeorol 41, 58–64 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004840050054

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