Estimating the crop leaf area index using hyperspectral remote sensing

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 475-491

  Liu, Ke ^a,b   Zhou, Qing Bo ^a,b   Wu, Wen Bin ^a,b,c   Xia, Tian ^c   Tang, Hua Jun ^a,b  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral; Inversion; LAI; Leaf area index; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959878017     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(15)61073-5     Document Type: Review

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