Spectral analysis of coniferous foliage and possible links to soil chemistry: Are spectral chlorophyll indices related to forest floor dissolved organic C and N?

Abstract

Monitoring of forest floor C and N using spectral signatures of coniferous foliage

Keywords

• Chlorophyll
• TCARI/OSAVI
• ANMB
• Chl NDI
• Balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
• Dissolved organic carbon
• Dissolved organic nitrogen
• Red spruce (Pices rubens Sargent)
• Remote sensing
• stream water
• red spruce
• nitrogen
• matter
• reflectance
• carbon
• polyphenols
• ecosystems
• dynamics
• needles