Developing and evaluating an aerial sensor platform (ASP) to collect multispectral data for deriving management decisions in precision farming

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-28

  Link, J ^a   Senner, D ^a   Claupein, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Sensor; Spectrometer; UAS (unmanned aircraft system); UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; AIRCRAFT; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTEGRATION; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SENSORS; SPECTROMETERS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT; LIGHT-WEIGHT CONSTRUCTIONS; PLANT CHARACTERISTICS; SITE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS; UAV (UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE); UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM;

DECISION MAKING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AIRBORNE SENSING; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; MACHINERY; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SENSOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 84876302385     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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