Abstract
The ability to quantitatively assess crop conditions using remotely sensed data would not only improve yield forecasts but would also provide information that would be useful to farm managers in making day-to-day management decisions. Experiments were conducted using ground-based radiometers to relate spectral response to crop canopy characteristics. It was found that radiometrically measured crop temperature, when compared with a reference temperature, was related to the degree of plant stress and could indicate the onset of stress. Reflectance based vegetation indices, on the other hand, were not sensitive to the onset of stress but were useful in evaluating the consequences of stress as expressed in changing quantities of green phytomass. Anatomical and physiological changes occur within plant cells when plants are stressed and increase the amount of reflected radiation. However, canopy geometrical changes may alter the amount of radiation that reaches a radiometer, complicating the interpretation of spectral response to stress. Timeliness, frequency of coverage, andresolution are three factors that must be considered when satellite-based sensors are used to evaluate crop conditions for farm management applications.
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