Mapping water status based on aerial thermal imagery: comparison of methodologies for upscaling from a single leaf to commercial fields

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 801-822

  Cohen, Y ^a   Alchanatis, V ^a   Saranga, Y ^b   Rosenberg, O ^a,b   Sela, E ^a,b   Bosak, A ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Drom Yehuda Growers Association   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cotton; CWSI; Dry baseline; Dynamic irrigation management zones; LWP; Water status variability; Wet baseline

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BASELINE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTTON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEAF; METHODOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SANDY SOIL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UPSCALING; WATER USE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 85000702134     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: 15731618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-016-9484-3     Document Type: Article

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