UAV-based estimation of carbon exports from heterogeneous soil landscapes—a case study from the carboZALF experimental area

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Wehrhan, Marc ^a   Rauneker, Philipp ^a   Sommer, Michael ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon export; Multispectral; Soil landscape; UAV; VI

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FIXED WINGS; INFRARED DEVICES; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; CARBON EXPORT; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MULTI-SPECTRAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CARBON;

PROCEDURES; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CARBON; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SOIL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84958818087     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s16020255     Document Type: Article

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