Estimation of photosynthesis traits from leaf reflectance spectra: Correlation to nitrogen content as the dominant mechanism

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 196, Issue , 2017, Pages 279-292

  Dechant, Benjamin ^a   Cuntz, Matthias ^a,c   Vohland, Michael ^b   Schulz, Elke ^a   Doktor, Daniel ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral; Jmax; Leaf reflectance; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; PLS; Vcmax

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FORESTRY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SODIUM;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT RATE; HYPERSPECTRAL; JMAX; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; PARTIAL LEAST-SQUARES REGRESSION; PREDICTION PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; VCMAX;

REFLECTION;

DECIDUOUS TREE; ELECTRON; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAF; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; REFLECTANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

EID: 85019853252     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.05.019     Document Type: Article

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