Active-optical sensors using red NDVI compared to red edge NDVI for prediction of corn grain yield in north Dakota, U.S.A

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 27832-27853

  Sharma, Lakesh K ^a   Bu, Honggang ^b   Denton, Anne ^b   Franzen, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Ground based active optical sensors; Nitrogen; Soil

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; NITROGEN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ACTIVE OPTICAL SENSORS; CORN; CORN GRAIN YIELD; GROWTH STAGES; LIMITING AREAS; SENSOR READINGS; VEGETATIVE INDEX; YIELD PREDICTION;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MAIZE; NORTH DAKOTA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURE; NORTH DAKOTA; OPTICAL IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84946600930     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s151127832     Document Type: Article

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