Modelling the spectral response of the desert tree prosopis tamarugo to water stress

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-65

  Chavez R O ^a   Clevers, J G P W ^a   Herold, M ^a   Ortiz, M ^b,c   Acevedo, E ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Fruticultura (CEAF)   (Chile)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystems; Atacama; Radiative transfer model; Remote sensing; Soil leaf canopy; Spectral reflectance; Tamarugo; Vegetation indices; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; LEAF AREA INDEX; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TREE; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER STRESS;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS TAMARUGO;

EID: 84872820315     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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