| AIC | Akaike information criterion |
| CI | chlorophyll index |
| DM | dry matter biomass |
| N | Nitrogen |
| NC | nitrogen concentration |
| NE | noise equivalent |
| NIR | near-infrared |
| NNI | nitrogen nutrition index |
| Nup | nitrogen uptake |
| REIP | red edge inflection point |
| RMSE | root mean squared error |
| SVI | spectral vegetation index |