Figures & data
Figure 1. (a) Distribution of reflectance values in SNIR-R. (b) The migration of a single vegetated pixel in SNIR-R during a growing season (Jensen Citation2009). For full colour versions of the figures in this paper, please see the online version.
![Figure 1. (a) Distribution of reflectance values in SNIR-R. (b) The migration of a single vegetated pixel in SNIR-R during a growing season (Jensen Citation2009). For full colour versions of the figures in this paper, please see the online version.](/cms/asset/fc66664e-078c-4cd0-9691-bc75617f00fa/tgrs_a_1055540_f0001_oc.jpg)
Table 1. The information about five sites of BigFoot campaign (study area).
Table 2. Information on LAI field measurements.
Table 3. The information about ETM+ images used in this study.
Figure 3. Nine parameters used for estimation of LAI in this study (four angles and five distances).
![Figure 3. Nine parameters used for estimation of LAI in this study (four angles and five distances).](/cms/asset/0e944bd9-4aba-4f84-996b-3c44e76799d0/tgrs_a_1055540_f0003_b.gif)
Table 4. The correlation (R2 values) between in situ measured LAI with each of the nine parameters, using linear, polynomial (second order), exponential, logarithmic, and power equations.
Table 5. Information of five soil lines suggested by different workers.
Table 6. Reflectance information for various dry soils.
Table 7. The information about six best fits among 511 different combinations of regression equations for estimation of LAI.
Figure 9. Three regression equations in three different regions of the triangle in the SNIR-R. Diagonal is 1:1.
![Figure 9. Three regression equations in three different regions of the triangle in the SNIR-R. Diagonal is 1:1.](/cms/asset/c9e2202d-a515-47b6-a49c-a6ece5a9c342/tgrs_a_1055540_f0009_b.gif)
Table 8. Confusion matrix for LAI estimation in three classes of values.
Table 9. Comparison between the models proposed in this study with other models in which the BigFoot data are used.