Biophysical controls on the directional spectral reflectance properties of bracken (pteridium aquilinum) canopies: Results of a field experiment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2265-2282

  Blackburn, G A ^a   Pitman, J I ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

REMOTE SENSING;

CANOPY REFLECTANCE; FERN; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; WEED CONTROL; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 0033587782     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699212245     Document Type: Article

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