Variations in crop variables within wheat canopies and responses of canopy spectral characteristics and derived vegetation indices to different vertical leaf layers and spikes

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 169, Issue , 2015, Pages 358-374

  Li, Heli ^a   Zhao, Chunjiang ^a   Yang, Guijun ^a   Feng, Haikuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Crop variables; Plant modules; Reflectance spectra; Vegetation indices; Vertical layers

Indexed keywords

CROPS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

CANOPY SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; PLANT MODULES; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; RELATIVE VARIATION RATES; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL VEGETATION INDICES; VEGETATION INDEX; VERTICAL LAYERS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CHLOROPHYLL; DRY MATTER; HETEROGENEITY; LEAF AREA INDEX; NITROGEN; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION INDEX; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTENT; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84941281904     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.08.021     Document Type: Article

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