Published in Agron J 100:454-462 (2008)
DOI: 10.2134/agrojnl2007.0063
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Spatial Analysis of Early Wheat Canopy Normalized Difference Vegetative Index: Determining Appropriate Observation Scale
E. M. Pena-Yewtukhiwa,*,
G. J. Schwabb,
J. H. Groveb,
L. W. Murdockc and
J. T. Johnsond
a Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia Univ., P.O. Box 6108, Morgantown, WV, 26506-6108
b N-122 ASCN, Dep. of Plant and Soil Sciences, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40546-0091
c Dep. of Plant and Soil Sciences, Univ. of Kentucky, West Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton, KY, 42445
d Clark County Cooperative Extension Center, 4400 Gateway Blvd, Suite 104, Springfield, OH, 45502. COA-Agricultural Experiment Station No. 05-06-029

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Fig. 1. Variograms for early wheat canopy normalized difference vegetative index (NDVI) values taken at 0.56, 1.1, 1.7, and 3.4 m2 grid sizes in the 2004 McAtee field.
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Fig. 2. Variograms for early wheat canopy normalized difference vegetative index (NDVI) taken at a 1.7 m2 grid size in the Woodford and McAtee fields in 2004 using sensors 2, 5, and 8.
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Fig. 3. (a) High-density and low-density (5.1 m2, sensors 2-5-8; taken from Table 5) variograms for the 2004 McAtee field. (b) Correlation of the low-density semivariance against the high-density semivariance.
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Fig. 4. (a) High-density and low-density (1.7 m2, sensors 2-5-8; taken from Table 7) variograms for the 2004 Woodford field. (b) Correlation of the low-density semivariance against the high-density semivariance.
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Fig. 5. (a) High-density and divergent low-density (2.3 m2, sensors 1-3-5-7 and 2-4-6-8; both taken from Table 6) variograms for the 2005-McAtee field. (b) Correlation of low-density semivariance against the high-density semivariance.
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