Quantifying chlorophylls and carotenoids at leaf and canopy scales: An evaluation of some hyperspectral approaches

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-285

  Blackburn, George Alan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT REFLECTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CAROTENOIDS; PIGMENT-SPECIFIC SIMPLE RATIO (PSSR);

VEGETATION;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CANOPY; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; LEAF;

PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 0032317096     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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