Utilization of hyperspectral image optical indices to assess the Norway spruce forest health status

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mišurec, Jan ^a,b   Kopačková, Veronika ^a,b   Lhotáková, Zuzana ^b   Hanuš, Jan ^c   Weyermann, Jörg ^d   Entcheva Campbell, Petya ^e   Albrechtová, Jana ^b  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorophyll; continuum removal; HyMap, actual physiological status; Norway spruce; optical indices; Sokolov basin, forest management

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SPECTROSCOPY;

CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; CLASSIFICATION RESULTS; CONTINUUM REMOVAL; DERIVED PARAMETERS; NORWAY SPRUCE; OPTICAL INDICES; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS; SPECTRAL INFORMATION;

FORESTRY;

BASINS; CHLOROPHYLLS; CZECH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PICEA ABIES; REMOVAL; UTILIZATION;

EID: 84864121232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.6.063545     Document Type: Article

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