Comparison of uncalibrated RGBVI with spectrometer-based NDVI derived from UAV sensing systems on field scale

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 837-843

  Bareth, G ^a,c   Bolten, A ^a,c   Gnyp, M L ^b   Reusch, S ^b   Jasper, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Yara International ASA   (Germany)

^c Spatial Data Services Cologne UG ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Hyperspectral; Nitrogen; Remote sensing; RGB; UAV; Vegetation index; Winter wheat; Yara N Sensor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CAMERAS; CROPS; DATA ACQUISITION; NITROGEN; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; VEGETATION;

FIELD EXPERIMENT; HYPERSPECTRAL; HYPERSPECTRAL DATA; HYPERSPECTRAL SENSORS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; VEGETATION INDEX; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION DATUM; WINTER WHEAT;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84979523774     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-XLI-B8-837-2016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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