Determining factors that impact the calibration of consumer-grade digital cameras used for vegetation analysis

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 3365-3383

  Nguy Robertson, Anthony L ^a   Brinley Buckley, Emma M ^a   Suyker, Andrew S ^a   Awada, Tala N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL; DATA ACQUISITION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION; VIDEO CAMERAS;

BROADBAND RADIOMETER; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; REMOTE SENSING EQUIPMENT; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES;

DIGITAL CAMERAS;

CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL; DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT INTENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84982883556     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2016.1199061     Document Type: Article

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