Assessing the robustness of vegetation indices to estimate wheat N in mediterranean environments

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2827-2844

  Cammarano, Davide ^a   Fitzgerald, Glenn J ^b   Casa, Raffaele ^c   Basso, Bruno ^d  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b Department of Primary Industries ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Mediterranean environment; Nitrogen; Remote sensing; Vegetation indices; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PERPENDICULAR VEGETATION INDEX; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; VEGETATION INDEX; WHEAT;

BIOMASS; NITROGEN; REMOTE SENSING;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84898075096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6042827     Document Type: Article

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