Remote sensing leaf chlorophyll content using a visible band index

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1090-1099

  Raymond Hunt, E ^a   Daughtry, C S T ^a   Eitel, Jan U H ^a   Long, Dan S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

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EID: 79960694733     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0395     Document Type: Article

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