Quantifying efficacy and limits of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology for weed seedling detection as affected by sensor resolution

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 5609-5626

  Peña, José M ^a   Torres Sánchez, Jorge ^a   Serrano Pérez, Angélica ^a   de Castro, Ana I ^a   López Granados, Francisca ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Object based image analysis (OBIA); Remote sensing; Site specific weed management (SSWM); Visible light and multispectral cameras; Weed mapping

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CROPS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; INFRARED IMAGING; LIGHT; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; WEED CONTROL;

FLIGHT ALTITUDES; MULTI-SPECTRAL CAMERAS; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS (OBIA); SENSOR RESOLUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VISIBLE LIGHT IMAGES; WEED MANAGEMENT; WEED MAPPINGS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84928668178     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150305609     Document Type: Article

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