<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-id>1405-3195</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Agrociencia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Agrociencia]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-3195</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio de Postgraduados]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1405-31952007000500539</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Diseño de un índice espectral de la vegetación: NDVIcp]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Design of a vegetation spectral index: NDVIcp]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
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<surname><![CDATA[Paz-Pellat]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fernando]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Palacios-Vélez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bolaños-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martín]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Palacios-Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis A.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Menes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mario]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mejía-Saenz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Huete]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alfredo]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Montecillo ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montecillo Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Arizona Dept. of Soil, Water and Environ ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tucson AZ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>41</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>539</fpage>
<lpage>554</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-31952007000500539&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-31952007000500539&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-31952007000500539&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Hay muchos índices de vegetación (IV) basados en relaciones del espacio espectral del rojo e infrarrojo cercano. En este trabajo se hace una revisión de la estructura de los IV más utilizados, usando una formulación para caracterizar curvas de igual índice de área foliar. Con el fin de resolver las inconsistencias encontradas en los IV, se propone uno nuevo (NDVIcp), basado en la estructura correcta del problema, bajo consideraciones empíricas. El NDVIcp se valida usando datos de experimentos en campo con maíz (Zea mays, L.) y algodón (Gossipyum spp).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: There are many vegetation indices (VI) based on relationships of the spectral space of the red and near infrared. In this study, the structure of the most widely used VI is examined, using a formulation to characterize curves of equal leaf area index. In order to solve the inconsistencies found in the VI, a new one (NDVIcp) is proposed, based on the correct structure of the problem, under empirical considerations. The NDVIcp is validated using data from field experiments with maize (Zea mays L.) and cotton (Gossipyum spp.).]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Space R-IRC]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vegetation indices]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[NDVIcp]]></kwd>
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