Field phenotyping of water stress at tree scale by UAV-sensed imagery: new insights for thermal acquisition and calibration

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 786-800

  Gómez Candón, David ^a   Virlet, Nicolas ^b   Labbé, Sylvain ^c   Jolivot, Audrey ^c   Regnard, Jean Luc ^b  

^a UMR AGAP   (France)

^b MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^c UMR TETIS   (France)

Author keywords

Canopy temperature; Ortho mosaics; Radiometric calibration; Thermal infrared; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Water stress

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CALIBRATION; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; DATA ACQUISITION; DROUGHT STRESS; HABITAT MOSAIC; INFRARED IMAGERY; ORCHARD; PHENOTYPE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNMANNED VEHICLE; WATER STRESS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84962701763     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: 15731618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-016-9449-6     Document Type: Article

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