Critique of stepwise multiple linear regression for the extraction of leaf biochemistry information from leaf reflectance data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 182-193

  Grossman, Y L ^c   Ustin, S L ^a   Jacquemoud, S ^a   Sanderson, E W ^a   Schmuck, G ^b   Verdebout, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CELLULOSE; LEAF REFLECTANCE; LIGNIN; LINEAR REGRESSION; NITROGEN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DATA ACQUISITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFLECTOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LEAF BIOCHEMISTRY; LEAF REFLECTANCE; STEPWISE MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0030304952     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(95)00235-9     Document Type: Article

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