Remote sensing of submerged aquatic vegetation in a shallow non-turbid river using an unmanned aerial vehicle

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12815-12836

  Flynn, Kyle F ^a   Chapra, Steven C ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Cladophora; Drone; Remote sensing; River; SAV; UAV

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920088669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs61212815     Document Type: Article

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