Mapping radiation interception in row-structured orchards using 3D simulation and high-resolution airborne imagery acquired from a UAV

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 473-500

  Guillen Climent, M L ^a   Zarco Tejada, Pablo J ^a   Berni, J A J ^a   North, P R J ^b   Villalobos, F J ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airborne imagery; fIPAR; Model inversion; NDVI; Radiative transfer model; Remote sensing; Row structured tree canopies; Scaling up; UAV

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERCEPTION; LAND SURFACE; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORCHARD; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RADIATION BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CITRUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 84863494534     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-012-9263-8     Document Type: Article

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