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REMOTE SENSING LETTERS
Volume 4, Issue 6, Pages 552-560Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2013.767479
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Quantification of dry plant matter (crop residue, senesced foliage, non-photosynthetic vegetation, or plant litter) surface cover (f R) is important for assessing agricultural tillage practices, carbon sequestration, rangeland health, or brush fire hazards. The Cellulose Absorption Index (CAI) and the Shortwave Infrared Normalized Difference Residue Index (SINDRI) are two spectral indices that can remotely estimate f R. CAI and SINDRI utilize three and two spectral bands, respectively, so SINDRI is expected to be less expensive to implement in future satellite sensors. We assessed the contrast of CAI and SINDRI with respect to soil reflectance spectra. Estimating f R with CAI is possible for all soils. However, a number of soil samples had positive SINDRI values due to various soil minerals, such as gibbsite and antigorite, which would be interpreted as high f R, and could limit its usefulness in some areas. Therefore, SINDRI is less applicable for estimating f R, even with reduced implementation costs.
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