Spatial variability of chlorophyll and nitrogen content of rice from hyperspectral imagery

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 122, Issue , 2016, Pages 17-29

  Moharana, Shreedevi ^a   Dutta, Subashisa ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll content; Hyperspectral measurements; Nitrogen content; Rice; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; CROPS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; VEGETATION;

CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; HYPERSPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS; NITROGEN CONTENT; RICE; VEGETATION INDEX;

NITROGEN;

CANOPY; CHLOROPHYLL; CROP YIELD; HYPERION; LEAF; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RICE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 84992418378     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.09.002     Document Type: Article

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