Evaluating the sensitivity of an unmanned thermal infrared aerial system to detect water stress in a cotton canopy

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1955-1962

  Sullivan, Dana G ^a,e   Fulton, John P ^b   Shaw, Joey N ^c   Bland, Geoff L ^d  

^a SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Crop residue management; Irrigation; Thermal infrared; Unmanned airvehicle

Indexed keywords

COTTON; CROPS; INFRARED IMAGING; IRRIGATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; THERMAL INFRARED; WEATHERED RHODIC PALEUDULTS;

WATER CONTENT;

AIRBORNE SENSING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COTTON; CROP RESIDUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GPS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; UNMANNED VEHICLE; WATER STRESS; WHEAT;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 38549162161     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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