Relationships between vegetation indices and root zone soil moisture under maize and soybean canopies in the US Corn Belt: A comparative study using a close-range sensing approach

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2814-2828

  Swain, Sharmistha ^a   Wardlow, Brian D ^a   Narumalani, Sunil ^a   Rundquist, Donald C ^a   Hayes, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; REFLECTANCE DATA; ROOT ZONE SOIL MOISTURES; SITU SOIL MOISTURES; VEGETATION INDEX; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CANOPY; DATA ACQUISITION; DROUGHT STRESS; MAIZE; NDVI; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOYBEAN; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84875854453     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.750020     Document Type: Article

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