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Before remotely sensed spectral data can be applied to studies of plant water stress, it is necessary to understand the relationship between reflectance, the ratio of the radiant energy reflected from an object to that incident upon the object, and the relevant plant parameters. This paper will briefly summarize selected data for the effect of water stress on reflectance of single leaves and on the relationship between reflectance of communities and biomass. Methodology will not be discussed but reviews may be found in Holmes, 1970; Johnson, 1969; Fuchs and Tanner, 1966; Myers and Allen, 1968; Myers, 1970.
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Drake, B.G. (1976). Estimating Water Status and Biomass of Plant Communities by Remote Sensing. In: Lange, O.L., Kappen, L., Schulze, ED. (eds) Water and Plant Life. Ecological Studies, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66429-8_26
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