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The social value of the urban forest to local urban populations has long been recognized. In contrast, the impact of the urban forest on global and local environments is not clearly understood, and the impact of urban trees on carbon sequestration, mitigation of urban heat, and removal of pollution remain topics of contemporary scientific study. Land cover conversion in urban areas is typically faster than in wildland areas, thus there is a need for rapid measurement methods of urban biophysical variables that are repeatable and economically efficient.
Originally published in the Journal Arboriculture, Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 21–27 under the title, “Estimating urban leaf area using field measurements and satellite remote sensing data.” Copyright 2005 International Society of Arboriculture. Used with permission.
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- Normalize Difference Vegetation Index
- Photosynthetically Active Radiation
- Leaf Area Index
- Urban Tree
- Single Variable Model
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Jensen, R.R., Hardin, P.J. (2007). Using Satellite Data to Estimate Urban Leaf Area Index. In: Jensen, R.R., Gatrell, J.D., McLean, D. (eds) Geo-Spatial Technologies in Urban Environments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69417-5_5
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