Examining spectral reflectance features related to foliar nitrogen in forests: Implications for broad-scale nitrogen mapping

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 173, Issue , 2016, Pages 174-186

  Lepine, Lucie C ^a   Ollinger, Scott V ^a   Ouimette, Andrew P ^a   Martin, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

AVIRIS; Canopy nitrogen; Foliar nitrogen; Landsat; MODIS; Near infrared; Sensor fidelity; Spatial resolution; Spectral reflectance; Spectral resolution

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CARBON; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAPPING; NITROGEN; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETERS;

AVIRIS; FOLIAR NITROGEN; LANDSAT; MODIS; NEAR INFRARED; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES;

PHOTOMAPPING;

AVIRIS; CARBON CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOLIAGE; FOREST CANOPY; LANDSAT; MODIS; NEAR INFRARED; NITROGEN CYCLE; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

EID: 84949294338     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.11.028     Document Type: Article

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