Estimation of the fractional canopy cover of pecan orchards using Landsat 5 satellite data, aerial imagery, and orchard floor photographs

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 5937-5952

  Samani Majd, Amir M ^a   Bleiweiss, Max P ^a   DuBois, Dave ^a   Shukla, Manoj K ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPOSTING; CROPS; FLOORS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ORCHARDS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL WATER; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GROUND TRUTH DATA; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; RESEARCH SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGES; VEGETATION INDEX;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CANOPY; LANDSAT; NDVI; ORCHARD; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

CARYA ILLINOINENSIS;

EID: 84879060317     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.800951     Document Type: Article

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