Estimation of leaf and canopy water content in poplar plantations by means of hyperspectral indices and inverse modeling

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1820-1834

  Colombo, R ^a   Meroni, M ^a   Marchesi, A ^a   Busetto, L ^a,b   Rossini, M ^a   Giardino, C ^c   Panigada, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b CNR IIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Double ratio spectral indices; Leaf reflectance; MIVIS reflectance; Poplar plantation; PROSPECT + SAILH model inversion; RMA and OLS regressions; Vegetation water content

Indexed keywords

RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETERS; WATER; WATER ABSORPTION;

CANOPY WATER; HYPERSPECTRAL INDICES; LANDSCAPE LEVEL;

REMOTE SENSING;

CANOPY; DECIDUOUS TREE; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDSCAPE; LEAF; PLANTATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 40749086431     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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