“…Other spectral wavelength ranges that are more adequate for crop residues were selected and new indices for quantitative evaluation of the crop residue rate cover were developed (Biard et al, 1995;Biard & Baret, 1997;Bannari et al, 2000;Daughtry, 2001;Daughtry et al, 1996Daughtry et al, , 2004Haboudane et al, 1997). The crop residue indices found in the literature are the Brightness Index (BI; Major et al, 1990), Cellulose Absorption Index (CAI; Daughtry et al, 1996), Normalized Difference Index (NDI; McNairn & Protz, 1993), Soil Adjusted Corn Residue Index (SACRI; Biard et al, 1995), Modified Soil Adjusted Corn Residue Index (MSACRI; Bannari et al, 2000), and Crop Residue Index Multiband (CRIM; Biard & Baret, 1997). These indices were compared in order to identify the ones that are more suitable for estimation of crop residue percent cover in an agricultural environment using multispectral and hyperspectral data, spectroradiometric ground measurements, different soil types, different residue types (wheat, corn, barley, soya, sunflower), and different residue percentages (Bannari et al, 1999(Bannari et al, , 2000Chevrier et al, 2002;Chevrier, 2002).…”