Using high resolution UAV thermal imagery to assess the variability in the water status of five fruit tree species within a commercial orchard

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 660-678

  Gonzalez Dugo, V ^a   Zarco Tejada, P ^a   Nicolas E ^b   Nortes, P A ^b   Alarcon J J ^b   Intrigliolo, D S ^c   Fereres, E ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canopy temperature; Citrus; Daily evolution; Prunus; Remote sensing; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANOPY; FRUIT; IMAGERY; IRRIGATION; MAPPING; ORCHARD; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING; TREE; UNMANNED VEHICLE; WATER STRESS;

SPAIN;

CITRUS; PRUNUS;

EID: 84886723223     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-013-9322-9     Document Type: Article

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