Simulating an autonomously operating low-cost static terrestrial LiDAR for multitemporal maize crop height measurements

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Crommelinck, Sophie ^a   Höfle, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ATLS; Crop monitoring; Crop surface models; Low cost LiDAR; Multitemporal; Precision agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COSTS; CROPS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTICAL RADAR; STATISTICS; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

ATLS; CROP MONITORING; LOW COSTS; MULTI-TEMPORAL; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SURFACE MODELS;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 84962588979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8030205     Document Type: Article

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