Semi professional digital camera calibration techniques for Vis/NIR spectral data acquisition from an unmanned aerial vehicle

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 8-10, 2017, Pages 2717-2736

  Crusiol, Luís Guilherme Teixeira ^a   Nanni, Marcos Rafael ^a   Silva, Guilherme Fernando Capristo ^a   Furlanetto, Renato Herrig ^a   da Silva Gualberto, Anderson Antonio ^a   Gasparotto, Aline de Carvalho ^a   De Paula, Mariana Nunes ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL CAMERAS; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL FILTERS; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VIDEO CAMERAS;

CAMERA CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; HYPERSPECTRAL SENSORS; NEAR-INFRARED RADIATIONS; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION; RADIOMETRIC RESPONSE; SPECTRAL INFORMATION;

LABORATORIES;

CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RADIOMETER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 85003848913     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2016.1264032     Document Type: Article

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