An overview of current and potential applications of thermal remote sensing in precision agriculture

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 139, Issue , 2017, Pages 22-32

  Khanal, Sami ^a   Fulton, John ^a   Shearer, Scott ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Precision agriculture; Remote sensing; Thermal sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COSTS; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; MONITORING; SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; THERMAL SENSING; TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AGRONOMY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNMANNED VEHICLE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

EID: 85019451191     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2017.05.001     Document Type: Review

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