Development and evaluation of low-altitude remote sensing systems for crop production management

International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1-11

  Huang, Yanbo ^a   Thomson, Steven J ^b   Brand, Howard J ^c   Reddy, Krishna N ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural airplane; Crop production management; Low altitude remote sensing; Precision agriculture; Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996931647     PISSN: 19346344     EISSN: 19346352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3965/j.ijabe.20160904.2010     Document Type: Article

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