Effects of reduced terrestrial LiDAR point density on high-resolution grain crop surface models in precision agriculture

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 24212-24230

  Hämmerle, Martin ^a   Höfle, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D geodata; Crop surface model; Grain crop; LiDAR; Low cost; Precision agriculture; Resolution

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SCANNING;

EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENTS; GEO-DATA; GRAIN CROPS; MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SCANNING RESOLUTION; SURFACE MODELING;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

EID: 84919372315     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s141224212     Document Type: Article

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