Fusion of ultrasonic and spectral sensor data for improving the estimation of biomass in grasslands with heterogeneous sward structure

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Moeckel, Thomas ^a   Safari, Hanieh ^a   Reddersen, Björn ^a   Fricke, Thomas ^a   Wachendorf, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field spectrometry; Ground based remote sensing; Pasture biomass; Sensor fusion; Short grass; Ultrasonic sensor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; DATA FUSION; REMOTE SENSING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

FIELD SPECTROMETRY; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; HYPERSPECTRAL INFORMATION; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; SENSOR FUSION; SHORT GRASS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 85010664812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9010098     Document Type: Article

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