Use of a digital camera onboard a UAV to monitor spring phenology at individual tree level

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 2016-November, Issue , 2016, Pages 3496-3499

  Berra, Elias F ^a   Gaulton, Rachel ^a   Barr, Stuart ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

colour index; digital camera; leaf phenology; UAV

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007420320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2016.7729904     Document Type: Conference Paper

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