Tree height quantification using very high resolution imagery acquired from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and automatic 3D photo-reconstruction methods

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-99

  Zarco Tejada, P J ^a,b   Diaz Varela, R ^a,c   Angileri, V ^a   Loudjani, P ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D image modeling; DSM; Low cost camera; Photo reconstruction; Remote sensing; Tree height

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; AUTOMATION; BIOPHYSICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGERY; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; RECONSTRUCTION; SENSOR; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 84897618276     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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