Relationship Between Remotely-sensed Vegetation Indices, Canopy Attributes and Plant Physiological Processes: What Vegetation Indices Can and Cannot Tell Us About the Landscape

Vegetation indices (VIs) are among the oldest tools in remote sensing studies. Although many variations exist, most of them ratio the reflection of light in the red and NIR sections of the spectrum to separate the landscape into water, soil, and vegetation. Theoretical analyses and field studies hav...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stephen G. Nelson, Pamela L. Nagler, Alfredo R. Huete, Edward P. Glenn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2008-03-01
Series:Sensors
Subjects:
EVI
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/8/4/2136/