Estimating chlorophyll concentration in conifer needles with hyperspectral data: An assessment at the needle and canopy level

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2824-2838

  Moorthy, Inian ^a   Miller, John R ^b   Noland, Thomas L ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Conifer; Forest health; LIBERTY; Needle reflectance; PROSPECT

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VEGETATION;

CONIFER; FOREST HEALTH; NEEDLE REFLECTANCE;

CHLOROPHYLL;

ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPACT AIRBORNE SPECTROGRAPHIC IMAGER; CONIFEROUS TREE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST HEALTH; IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUDBURY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 43949100650     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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