Testing a vehicle-based scanning lidar sensor for crop detection

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-35

  Selbeck, J ^a   Dworak, V ^a   Ehlert, D ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; LASER BEAMS; SCANNING; VEHICLES;

CROP PROTECTION; HIGH ROBUSTNESS; LASER BEAM SHAPES; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TERRESTRIAL APPLICATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3-D) MODELING; WIDE SPEED RANGE;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 77956758765     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-022     Document Type: Article

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