Estimation of surface soil organic matter using a ground-based active sensor and aerial imagery

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-102

  Roberts, D F ^a   Adamchuk, V I ^b   Shanahan, J F ^c   Ferguson, R B ^b   Schepers, J S ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c USDA Agricultural Research Service Lincoln Nebraska   (United States)

Author keywords

Mean absolute error (MAE); Near infrared (NIR); Organic matter (OM); Root mean squared error (RMSE); Visible (VIS)

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEAR INFRARED; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251643500     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-010-9158-5     Document Type: Article

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