Spectral Region | Central Wavelength (nm) | Bandwidth (nm) | Vegetation and Agricultural Applications |
Blue | 405 | 5 | Nitrogen; senescing |
| 490 | 5 | Carotenoid; light use efficiency; stress in vegetation |
Green | 515 | 5 | Carotenoid; anthocyanins; nitrogen; vigor |
| 531 | 1 | Light use efficiency; xanophyll cycle; stress in vegetation; pest and disease |
| 550 | 5 | Chlorophyll |
| 570 | 5 | Anthocyanins; chlorophyll; nitrogen |
Red | 682 | 5 | Biophysical quantities; yield |
Red-edge | 705 | 5 | Stress; chlorophyll |
| 720 | 5 | Stress; chlorophyll |
Near-infrared | 855 | 20 | Biophysical quantities and yield |
| 910 | 5 | Moisture; biomass; and protein |
| 970 | 10 | Water; moisture; and biomass |
| 1075 | 5 | Biophysical and biochemical quantities |
| 1180 | 5 | Water absorption band |
| 1245 | 5 | Water sensitivity |
Shortwave-infrared | 1518 | 5 | Moisture; biomass |
| 1650 | 5 | Heavy metal stress; moisture sensitivity |
| 1725 | 5 | Lignin; biomass; starch; moisture |
| 2025 | 5 | Plant litter; lignin; cellulose; plant litter-soil differentiation |
| 2133 | 5 | Plant litter; lignin; cellulose |
| 2205 | 5 | Litter; lignin; cellulose; sugar; starch; protein; heavy metal stress |
| 2260 | 5 | Moisture and biomass |
| 2295 | 5 | Stress |
| 2359 | 5 | Cellulose; protein; nitrogen |