Detection of chlorophyll fluorescence in vegetation from airborne hyperspectral CASI imagery in the red edge spectral region

This work provides a description of the investigations conducted to assess the detection of chlorophyll fluorescence from hyperspectral CASI data. The viability of retrieval of solar-induced fluorescence through airborne imaging spectrometer measurements of radiance of targets under natural illumination is studied. A method based on in-filling of fluorescence signals in atmospheric oxygen absorption lines is applied to study sites of corn crop grown under different stress conditions due to variation in nitrogen treatment. Results of the relationships found between measurements of laser-induced fluorescence and chlorophyll concentration at the ground level with the in-filling of the 762 nm oxygen band and optical indices calculated from CASI imagery R/sub 685//R/sub 655/, derivative D/sub 730//D/sub 706/, and the double-peak derivative f/spl bsol/reflectance index Dpi (D/sub 688//spl middot/D/sub 710/ )/ D/sub 697//sup 2/ are presented.