Exploring the potential of in situ hyperspectral data and multivariate techniques in discriminating different fertilizer treatments in grasslands

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sibanda, Mbulisi ^a   Mutanga, Onisimo ^a   Rouget, Mathieu ^a   Odindi, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

discrimination; field spectroscopy; multivariate techniques; Tropical grass fertilization

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIME; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CLASSIFICATION RESULTS; DISCRIMINATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FIELD SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; TROPICAL GRASS FERTILIZATION;

FERTILIZERS;

EID: 84947460638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.9.096033     Document Type: Article

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