Influence of solar irradiance on hyperspectral imaging-based plant recognition for autonomous weed control

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 330-339

  Zhang, Y ^a   Slaughter, D C ^a  

^a Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; WEED CONTROL;

BAYESIAN CLASSIFIER; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CLASSIFICATION RATES; CROSS-VALIDATION ANALYSIS; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES; PROCESSING TOMATOES; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM NIGRUM;

EID: 80054003120     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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