Radiometry of proximal active optical sensors (AOS) for agricultural sensing

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1793-1802

  Holland, Kyle H ^a   Lamb, David W ^b   Schepers, James S ^c  

^a Electrical Engineer and Proprietor   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; optics; optoelectronic devices; radiometry; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE OPTICAL SENSORS; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; INVERSE SQUARE LAW; MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS; PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE; SENSOR MEASUREMENTS; WAVELENGTH RESPONSE;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AGRICULTURE; FUNCTIONS; OPTICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

RADIOMETRY;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AGRICULTURE; CROP; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84872088232     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2198049     Document Type: Article

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