Evaluating chlorophyll density in winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) using canopy hyperspectral red-edge parameters

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 126, Issue , 2016, Pages 21-31

  Li, Lantao ^a,b   Ren, Tao ^a,b   Ma, Yi ^a,b   Wei, Quanquan ^a,b   Wang, Shanqin ^a,b   Li, Xiaokun ^a,b   Cong, Rihuan ^a,b   Liu, Shishi ^a,b   Lu, Jianwei ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Double peak area; Hyperspectral remote sensing; Monitoring model; Precision N management; Red edge spectral vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ERRORS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; OILSEEDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

DOUBLE PEAK; HYPERSPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING; HYPERSPECTRAL TECHNIQUES; MONITORING MODELS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SPECTRAL VEGETATION INDICES;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CHLOROPHYLL; CULTIVAR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT PRODUCT; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION INDEX;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 84973171198     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2016.05.008     Document Type: Article

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