Ultra low-level airborne (ULLA) sensing of crop canopy reflectance: A case study using a CropCircle™ sensor

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-91

  Lamb, David W ^a,b   Trotter, Mark G ^a,b   Schneider, Derek A ^a,b  

^a Global Spatial Network Board   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active optical sensor; Crop vigour; CropCircle; NDVI; SR; Ultra low level airborne (ULLA)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE OPTICAL SENSOR; CROPCIRCLE; NDVI; SR; ULTRA LOW-LEVEL AIRBORNE (ULLA);

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL SENSORS; RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; SOILS;

CROPS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; AIRCRAFT; BARE SOIL; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; NDVI; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; RECORD; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE SENSOR; SORGHUM; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VIGOR;

EID: 68749098455     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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