Evaluation of three proposed indices for the retrieval of leaf water content from the mid-wave infrared (2-6μm) spectra

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 171-172, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-71

  Ullah, Saleem ^a   Skidmore, Andrew K ^a   Groen, Thomas A ^a   Schlerf, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Leaf water content; Mid wave infrared; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84874278425     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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