Assessment of RapidEye vegetation indices for estimation of leaf area index and biomass in corn and soybean crops

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 235-248

  Kross, Angela ^a   McNairn, Heather ^a   Lapen, David ^a   Sunohara, Mark ^a   Champagne, Catherine ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Above ground dry biomass; Corn; Leaf area index; RapidEye; Soybean; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CROP PLANT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAF AREA INDEX; MAIZE; NDVI; SOYBEAN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION INDEX;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84920647571     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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