Feasibility of estimating leaf water content using spectral indices from WorldView-3’s near-infrared and shortwave infrared bands

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 388-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Raymond Hunt ◽  
Craig S. T. Daughtry ◽  
Li Li
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Leaf Water ◽  
Leaf Water Content ◽  
Spectral Indices ◽  
Shortwave Infrared

scholarly journals Estimating Vertical Distribution of Leaf Water Content within Wheat Canopies after Head Emergence

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 4125
Author(s):  
Weiping Kong ◽  
Wenjiang Huang ◽  
Lingling Ma ◽  
Lingli Tang ◽  
Chuanrong Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Distribution ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Middle Layer ◽  
Leaf Water ◽  
Leaf Water Content ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Spectral Indices

Monitoring vertical profile of leaf water content (LWC) within wheat canopies after head emergence is vital significant for increasing crop yield. However, the estimation of vertical distribution of LWC from remote sensing data is still challenging due to the effects of wheat spikes and the efficacy of sensor measurement from the nadir direction. Using two-year field experiments with different growth stages after head emergence, N rates, wheat cultivars, we investigated the vertical distribution of LWC within canopies, the changes of canopy reflectance after spikes removal, the relationship between spectral indices and LWC in the upper-, middle- and bottom-layer. The interrelationship among vertical LWC were constructed, and four ratio of reflectance difference (RRD) type of indices were proposed based on the published WI and NDWSI indices to determine vertical distribution of LWC. The results indicated a bell shape distribution of LWC in wheat plants with the highest value appeared at the middle layer, and significant linear correlations between middle-LWC vs. upper-LWC and middle-LWC vs. bottom-LWC (r ≥ 0.92) were identified. The effects of wheat spikes on spectral reflectance mainly occurred in near infrared to shortwave infrared regions, which then decreased the accuracy of LWC estimation. Spectral indices at the middle layer outperformed the other two layers in LWC assessment and were less susceptible to wheat spikes effects, in particular, the newly proposed narrow-band WI-4 and NDWSI-4 indices exhibited great potential in tracking the changes of middle-LWC (R2 = 0.82 and 0.84, respectively). By taking into account the effects of wheat spikes and the interrelationship of vertical LWC within canopies, an indirect induction strategy was developed for modeling the upper-LWC and bottom-LWC. It was found that the indirect induction models based on the WI-4 and NDWSI-4 indices were more effective than the models obtained from conventional direct estimation method, with R2 of 0.78 and 0.81 for the upper-LWC estimation, and 0.75 and 0.74 for the bottom-LWC estimation, respectively.

Spectral assessments of wheat plants grown in pots and containers under saline conditions

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Hackl ◽  
Bodo Mistele ◽  
Yuncai Hu ◽  
Urs Schmidhalter
Keyword(s):  
Water Potential ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Aboveground Biomass ◽  
Leaf Water ◽  
Leaf Water Content ◽  
Spectral Indices ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Normalised Difference Vegetation Index ◽  
Spectral Sensing ◽  
Reflectance Ratio

Spectral measurements allow fast nondestructive assessment of plant traits under controlled greenhouse and close-to-field conditions. Field crop stands differ from pot-grown plants, which may affect the ability to assess stress-related traits by nondestructive high-throughput measurements. This study analysed the potential to detect salt stress-related traits of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars grown in pots or in a close-to-field container platform. In two experiments, selected spectral indices assessed by active and passive spectral sensing were related to the fresh weight of the aboveground biomass, the water content of the aboveground biomass, the leaf water potential and the relative leaf water content of two cultivars with different salt tolerance. The traits were better ascertained by spectral sensing of container-grown plants compared with pot-grown plants. This may be due to a decreased match between the sensors’ footprint and the plant area of the pot-grown plants, which was further characterised by enhanced senescence of lower leaves. The reflectance ratio R760 : R670, the normalised difference vegetation index and the reflectance ratio R780 : R550 spectral indices were the best indices and were significantly related to the fresh weight, the water content of the aboveground biomass and the water potential of the youngest fully developed leaf. Passive sensors delivered similar relationships to active sensors. Across all treatments, both cultivars were successfully differentiated using either destructively or nondestructively assessed parameters. Although spectral sensors provide fast and qualitatively good assessments of the traits of salt-stressed plants, further research is required to describe the potential and limitations of spectral sensing.

Mapping of Leaf Water Content Using Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (11) ◽  
pp. 1302-1307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sakura Higa ◽  
Hikaru Kobori ◽  
Satoru Tsuchikawa
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Hyperspectral Imaging ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Leaf Water ◽  
Leaf Water Content

scholarly journals MEASURING LEAF WATER CONTENT USING MULTISPECTRAL TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING

2017 ◽  
Vol XLII-3/W3 ◽  
pp. 81-85
Author(s):  
S. Junttila ◽  
M. Vastaranta ◽  
R. Linnakoski ◽  
J. Sugano ◽  
H. Kaartinen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Fungal Pathogens ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Terrestrial Laser Scanning ◽  
Leaf Water ◽  
Leaf Water Content ◽  
Stable Conditions ◽  
Tree Stress ◽  
Simple Ratio ◽  
Shortwave Infrared

Climate change is increasing the amount and intensity of disturbance events, i.e. drought, pest insect outbreaks and fungal pathogens, in forests worldwide. Leaf water content (LWC) is an early indicator of tree stress that can be measured remotely using multispectral terrestrial laser scanning (MS-TLS). LWC affects leaf reflectance in the shortwave infrared spectrum which can be used to predict LWC from spatially explicit MS-TLS intensity data. Here, we investigated the relationship between LWC and MS-TLS intensity features at 690&amp;thinsp;nm, 905&amp;thinsp;nm and 1550&amp;thinsp;nm wavelengths with Norway spruce seedlings in greenhouse conditions. We found that a simple ratio of 905&amp;thinsp;nm and 1550&amp;thinsp;nm wavelengths was able to explain 84&amp;thinsp;% of the variation (R2) in LWC with a respective prediction accuracy of 0.0041&amp;thinsp;g/cm<sup>2</sup>. Our results showed that MS-TLS can be used to estimate LWC with a reasonable accuracy in environmentally stable conditions.

scholarly journals Leaf water content estimation using top-of-canopy airborne hyperspectral data

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 102393
Author(s):  
Rahul Raj ◽  
Jeffrey P. Walker ◽  
Vishal Vinod ◽  
Rohit Pingale ◽  
Balaji Naik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Hyperspectral Data ◽  
Leaf Water ◽  
Leaf Water Content
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