Optimising three-band spectral indices to assess aerial N concentration, N uptake and aboveground biomass of winter wheat remotely in China and Germany

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-123

  Li, Fei ^a,b   Mistele, Bodo ^b   Hu, Yuncai ^b   Chen, Xinping ^b   Schmidhalter, Urs ^c  

^a INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Band selection; Hyperspectral indices; N status; Nitrogen; Precision Farming; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMASS; CROPS; ESTIMATION; NITROGEN; REMOTE SENSING;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BAND SELECTION; DIAGNOSIS SYSTEMS; HYPERSPECTRAL INDICES; PRECISION FARMING; REPRODUCTIVE STAGE; SATELLITE-BASED SENSORS; SPECTRAL ALGORITHM;

BANDWIDTH;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WHEAT; WINTER;

CHINA; GERMANY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84897941582     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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