Integrating solar induced fluorescence and the photochemical reflectance index for estimating gross primary production in a cornfield

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6857-6879

  Cheng, Yen Ben ^a   Middleton, Elizabeth M ^b   Zhang, Qingyuan ^c   Huemmrich, Karl F ^d   Campbell, Petya K E ^d   Corp, Lawrence A ^e   Cook, Bruce D ^b   Kustas, William P ^f   Daughtry, Craig S ^f  

^a Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornfield; Gross primary production; Light use efficiency; Photochemical reflectance index; Solar induced fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CORNFIELD; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REFLECTANCE INDEX; SOLAR-INDUCED FLUORESCENCES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTIMATION; FLUORESCENCE; LINEAR REGRESSION; REMOTE SENSING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 84891438268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5126857     Document Type: Article

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