Remote estimation of leaf and canopy water content in winter wheat with different vertical distribution of water-related properties

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 4626-4650

  Liu, Shishi ^a   Peng, Yi ^b   Du, Wei ^a   Le, Yuan ^b   Li, Lu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Equivalent water thickness (EWT); Gravimetric water content (GWC); Relative water content (RWC); Vegetation indexes; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

CROPS; VEGETATION;

EQUIVALENT WATER THICKNESS; GRAVIMETRIC WATER CONTENT (GWC); RELATIVE WATER CONTENT; VEGETATION INDEX; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 84937858861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70404626     Document Type: Article

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