Off-nadir hyperspectral sensing for estimation of vertical profile of leaf chlorophyll content within wheat canopies

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Kong, Weiping ^a,b   Huang, Wenjiang ^a   Casa, Raffaele ^c   Zhou, Xianfeng ^a   Ye, Huichun ^a   Dong, Yingying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leaf chlorophyll content; Off nadir spectral reflectance; Optimized spectral indices; Vertical profile; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHLOROPHYLL; CROPS; INFRARED DEVICES; REFLECTION;

LEAF CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; SPECTRAL INDICES; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES; VERTICAL PROFILE; WINTER WHEAT;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

CHLOROPHYLL;

PLANT LEAF; SPECTROSCOPY; WHEAT;

CHLOROPHYLL; PLANT LEAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRITICUM;

EID: 85035080232     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s17122711     Document Type: Article

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