Plant species discrimination using emissive thermal infrared imaging spectroscopy

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-26

  Rock, Gilles ^a   Gerhards, Max ^a,b   Schlerf, Martin ^b   Hecker, Christoph ^c   Udelhoven, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emissivity spectra; Hyperspectral thermal infrared; Species discrimination; Temperature emissivity separation

Indexed keywords

EMISSIVITY; INFRARED IMAGERY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; PLANT; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

EID: 85004075678     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2016.08.005     Document Type: Article

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