Imaging from an unmanned aerial vehicle: Agricultural surveillance and decision support

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-61

  Herwitz, S R ^a,b   Johnson, L F ^b,c   Dunagan, S E ^b   Higgins, R G ^b   Sullivan, D V ^b   Zheng, J ^b,c   Lobitz, B M ^b,c   Leung, J G ^d   Gallmeyer, B A ^d   Aoyagi, M ^d   Slye, R E ^b   Brass, J A ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee; Fertigation; Local area network; Multispectral imaging; Pathfinder Plus UAV; Ripeness monitoring; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Weed mapping

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IRRIGATION; TRANSPONDERS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

KAUAI COFFEE COMPANY (CO); PLANTATIONS;

AGRICULTURE;

CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942709985     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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