Disentangling the relationships between plant pigments and the photochemical reflectance index reveals a new approach for remote estimation of carotenoid content

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 628-635

  Garrity, Steven R ^a   Eitel, Jan U H ^a   Vierling, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Chlorophyll; Combined vegetation index; Leaf optical modeling; Leaf pigments; PRI; Vegetation indices; Xanthophyll

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; COMBINED VEGETATION INDEX; LEAF PIGMENTS; OPTICAL MODELING; PRI; VEGETATION INDICES; XANTHOPHYLL;

CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFLECTION;

VEGETATION;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; DATABASE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LINEARITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REFLECTANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 78650941551     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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