Application of UAV imaging platform for vegetation analysis based on spectral-spatial methods

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 140, Issue , 2017, Pages 8-24

  Senthilnath, J ^a,b   Kandukuri, Manasa ^c   Dokania, Akanksha ^c   Ramesh, K N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Hierarchical clustering; Spatial classification; UAV remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT LANDING; CROPS; FIXED PLATFORMS; FIXED WINGS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; MAPPING; PHOTOMAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VEGETATION;

BAYESIAN INFORMATION CRITERION; CLASSIFICATION EFFICIENCY; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; HIER-ARCHICAL CLUSTERING; REGION CLASSIFICATIONS; SPATIAL CLASSIFICATION; SPECTRAL-SPATIAL CLASSIFICATION; UAV REMOTE SENSING;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

AERIAL SURVEY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; UNMANNED VEHICLE; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 85020011522     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2017.05.027     Document Type: Article

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