Research Article

Identifying Subalpine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa) Attacked by the Balsam Woolly Adelgid (Adelges piceae) Using Spectral Measurements of the Foliage

Table 2

Narrow spectral wavebands available for selection in the stepwise discriminant analysis.

Waveband center (nm)Spectral location

Green reflectance maximum
Red absorption maximum
Peak in the spectral response difference
absorption well
NIR reflectance peak, peak in the spectral response difference
H2O absorption well edge, peak in the spectral response difference
SWIR reflectance peak, peak in the spectral response difference
H2O absorption well edge, peak in the spectral response difference
SWIR reflectance peak