Laboratory evaluation of the GreenSeeker™ hand-held optical sensor to variations in orientation and height above canopy

International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-47

  Martin, Daniel E ^a   López Jr , Juan D ^a   Lan, Yubin ^a  

^a SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GreenSeeker; Handheld optical sensor; NDVI; Remote sensing; Spectral reflectance

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84859058257     PISSN: 19346344     EISSN: 19346352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3965/j.ijabe.20120501.005     Document Type: Article

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