Deploying four optical UAV-based sensors over grassland: Challenges and limitations

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 163-175

  Von Bueren, S K ^a   Burkart, A ^b   Hueni, A ^c   Rascher, U ^b   Tuohy, M P ^a   Yule, I J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GRASSLAND; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; PASTURE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SENSOR; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

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LOLIUM;

EID: 84920749069     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-163-2015     Document Type: Article

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