Modified Soil Adjusted Crop Residue Index (MSACRI): a new index for mapping crop residue

Author

Bannari, A. ; Haboudane, D. ; McNairn, Heather ; Bonn, F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Geogr., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

7

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2936

Abstract

The authors present a new index for mapping and estimating the crop residue cover fraction: the MSACRI (Modified Soil Adjusted Crop Residue Index). This index exploits the mid infrared channels: 1.55 μm to 1.75 μm and 2.10 μm to 2.35 μm. Compared to the visible, these channels are characterized by large transparence in relation to atmospheric constituents. In extreme atmospheric conditions, the MSACRI is subject to a slight reduction of approximately 4%. It offers better discrimination of soils/residue and shows quite good dynamics in the presence of residue with average values close to ±0.03 for bare soil and close to 0.70 for full cover residue

Keywords

agriculture; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; vegetation mapping; 1.55 to 2.35 mum; IR imagery; MSACRI; Modified Soil Adjusted Crop Residue Index; agriculture; bare soil; crop residue cover fraction; geophysical measurement technique; index; infrared method; mapping; mid infrared; multispectral method; remote sensing; vegetation mapping; Crops; Equations; Infrared detectors; Lighting; Optical sensors; Reflectivity; Remote sensing; Soil measurements; Spectroradiometers; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.860296

Filename

860296