Machine learning regression algorithms for biophysical parameter retrieval: Opportunities for Sentinel-2 and -3

2011/12/17 by Jochem Verrelst, Jordi Muñoz, Luis Alonso +6 · 539 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Algorithm #Artificial intelligence #Computer science #Earth observation #Geography #Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement #Machine learning #Mathematics #Mean squared error #Regression #Remote Sensing in Agriculture #Remote sensing #Satellite #Soil Geostatistics and Mapping #Statistics #Support vector machine #Vegetation (pathology)

paper · doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.11.002

published in Remote Sensing of Environment 118, 127-139 (Elsevier BV)

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