Combined spectral and spatial modeling of corn yield based on aerial images and crop surface models acquired with an unmanned aircraft system

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 10335-10355

  Geipel, Jakob ^a   Link, Johanna ^a   Claupein, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corn; Crop coverage; Crop height; Crop surface model; CSM, UAS; Yield

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GRAIN GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CORN; CROP HEIGHT; CSM, UAS; SURFACE MODELING; YIELD;

CROPS;

EID: 84912137635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs61110335     Document Type: Article

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