Visualizing and quantifying vineyard canopy LAI using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) collected high density structure from motion point cloud

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2164-2183

  Mathews, Adam J ^a   Jensen, Jennifer L R ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundle adjustment; LAI; Point cloud; SfM; Structure from motion; UAV; Vegetation; Vineyard

Indexed keywords

BUNDLE ADJUSTMENTS; LAI; POINT CLOUD; SFM; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION; VINEYARD;

IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; VISUALIZATION;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84880358324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5052164     Document Type: Article

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