Estimating plant traits of grasslands from UAV-acquired hyperspectral images: A comparison of statistical approaches

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2792-2820

  Capolupo, Alessandra ^a   Kooistra, Lammert ^b   Berendonk, Clara ^c   Boccia, Lorenzo ^a   Suomalainen, Juha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Versuchs und Bildungszentrum Landwirtschaft Haus Riswick   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grassland traits; Partial least squares regression (PLSR); Spectroscopy; Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952837909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi4042792     Document Type: Article

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