Remote sensing of foliar nitrogen in cultivated grasslands of human dominated landscapes

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 167, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-97

  Pellissier, Paul A ^a   Ollinger, Scott V ^a   Lepine, Lucie C ^a   Palace, Michael W ^a   McDowell, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne; Canopy spectroscopy; Cultivated grasslands; Ground based; HyspIRI; Imaging spectrometry; Nitrogen; Partial least squares regression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; WATERSHEDS;

AIRBORNE; CULTIVATED GRASSLANDS; GROUND BASED; HYSPIRI; IMAGING SPECTROMETRY; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; CULTIVATION; FALLOW; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY MODELING; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938972569     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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