Direct estimation of aboveground forest productivity through hyperspectral remote sensing of canopy nitrogen

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1286-1302

  Smith, Marie Louise ^a   Ollinger, Scott V ^b   Martin, Mary E ^b   Aber, John D ^b   Hallett, Richard A ^a   Goodale, Christine L ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foliar chemistry; Forest C and N linkages; Forest canopy level N concentration; Forest productivity; Nitrogen; Remote sensing, hyperspectral, AVIRIS; White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire, USA

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN; REMOTE SENSING;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST;

EID: 0242584983     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1286:DEOAFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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