Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operated spectral camera system for forest and agriculture applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8174, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Saari, Heikki ^a   Pellikka, Ismo ^b   Pesonen, Liisa ^c   Tuominen, Sakari ^c   Heikkilä, Jan ^d   Holmlund, Christer ^a   Mäkynen, Jussi ^a   Ojala, Kai ^a   Antila, Tapani ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Pieneering Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airborne; Airborne sensors; Designs; Etc.) Fabry perot interferometer; Hyperspectral sensors (missions; Imaging spectrometer; Performance; Piezo actuators; Technologies; UAV

Indexed keywords

AIR-BORNE SENSORS; AIRBORNE; FABRY-PEROT; HYPERSPECTRAL SENSORS; IMAGING SPECTROMETER; PERFORMANCE; PIEZO ACTUATOR;

CAMERAS; COLOR; CROPS; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYING; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 80455143289     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.897585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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