A comparison of UAV- and TLS-derived plant height for crop monitoring: Using polygon grids for the analysis of crop surface models (CSMs)

Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung, Geoinformation

Volumn 2016, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 85-94

  Bareth, Georg ^a   Bendig, Juliane ^a   Tilly, Nora ^a   Hoffmeister, Dirk ^a   Aasen, Helge ^a   Bolten, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Laserscanning; Oktocopter; SfM; Zonal statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993661871     PISSN: 14328364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/pfg/2016/0289     Document Type: Article

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