A critique of field spectroscopy and the challenges and opportunities it presents for remote sensing for agriculture, ecosystems, and hydrology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9637, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Mac Arthur, A ^a   Robinson, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DFOV and SFOV measurement modes; Earth observation scaling issue; Field spectroscopy; remote sensing; spectrometers; unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; OBSERVATORIES; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE PLATFORMS; SPECTROMETERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; FIELD SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT MODES; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING SPECTROMETER; SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS; SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84961828657     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2201046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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