LiDAR simulation in modelled orchards to optimise the use of terrestrial laser scanners and derived vegetative measures

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-19

  Méndez, Valeriano ^a   Catalán, Heliodoro ^a   Rosell Polo, Joan R ^b   Arnó, Jaume ^b   Sanz, Ricardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CROPS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; LASER APPLICATIONS; ORCHARDS; SCANNING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

DERIVED PARAMETERS; HIDDEN MARKOV TREE MODEL; IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; SENSOR CONFIGURATIONS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNERS; TRAINING SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84875273741     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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