TY - JOUR

T1 - The influence of the percentage cover and biomass of clover on the reflectance of mixed pasture

AU - Atkinson, Peter M.

AU - Plummer, Stephen E.

PY - 1993

Y1 - 1993

N2 - The reflectance of a canopy of mixed species may be affected, among other things, by the percentage cover of each species or by the proportion of each species in the total biomass. The likelihood of either property affecting reflectance is greatest when two species are differentiable spectrally and spatially as is the case for the species of grass and clover that are common in pasture in the U.K. This Letter examines the relations of the percentage cover of clover with reflectance and the proportion of clover in the total biomass with reflectance for a field of pasture in Belper in Derbyshire, U.K. using partial correlation analysis.

AB - The reflectance of a canopy of mixed species may be affected, among other things, by the percentage cover of each species or by the proportion of each species in the total biomass. The likelihood of either property affecting reflectance is greatest when two species are differentiable spectrally and spatially as is the case for the species of grass and clover that are common in pasture in the U.K. This Letter examines the relations of the percentage cover of clover with reflectance and the proportion of clover in the total biomass with reflectance for a field of pasture in Belper in Derbyshire, U.K. using partial correlation analysis.

U2 - 10.1080/01431169308953978

DO - 10.1080/01431169308953978

M3 - Journal article

VL - 14

SP - 1439

EP - 1444

JO - International Journal of Remote Sensing

JF - International Journal of Remote Sensing

SN - 0143-1161

IS - 7

ER -