Abstract
Water stress was induced in two coniferous forest stands in West Germany by severing tree sapwood. Leaf water potential (ψL) measurements indicated that maximum, naturally occurring levels of water stress developed in the stressed plots while control plots exhibited natural diurnal trends. Images of each site were obtained with the Thematic Mapper Simulator (NS001) and the Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner (TIMS) 12 to 15 days after stress induction. The results suggest that routine detection of canopy water stress under operational conditions is difficult utilizing current sensor technology. -from Authors
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 579-586 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 5 |
State | Published - 1990 |