Estimating chlorophyll content of crops from hyperspectral data using a normalized area over reflectance curve (NAOC)

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Delegido, Jesús ^a   Alonso, Luis ^a   González, Gonzalo ^a   Moreno, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CASI; Chlorophyll; fCOVER; Hyperspectral remote sensing; Leaf area index; Proba CHRIS

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COMPACT AIRBORNE SPECTROGRAPHIC IMAGER; CROP; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAF AREA INDEX; PIXEL; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

EID: 77950370471     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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