Innovative LIDAR 3D dynamic measurement system to estimate fruit-tree leaf area

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 5769-5791

  Sanz Cortiella, Ricardo ^a   Llorens Calveras, Jordi ^b   Escolà, Alexandre ^a   Arnó Satorra, Jaume ^a   Ribes Dasi, Manel ^a   Masip Vilalta, Joan ^a   Camp, Ferran ^c   Gràcia Aguilá, Felip ^c   Solanelles Batlle, Francesc ^c   Planas Demartí, Santiago ^a   Pallejà Cabré, Tomàs ^a   Palacin Roca, Jordi ^a   Gregorio Lopez, Eduard ^a   Del Moral Martínez, Ignacio ^a   Rosell Polo, Joan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D plant structure; Fruit tree; Leaf area; LIDAR; Terrestrial laser scanner

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRUIT; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRUIT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; LIGHT; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 79959813413     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110605769     Document Type: Article

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