Airborne and ground level sensors for monitoring nitrogen status in a maize crop

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 160, Issue , 2017, Pages 124-133

  Gabriel, Jose L ^a   Zarco Tejada, Pablo J ^b   López Herrera, P Juan ^c   Pérez Martín, Enrique ^c   Alonso Ayuso, Maria ^c   Quemada, Miguel ^c  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fertiliser Rate; Image altitude; Nutritional index; Remote sensor; Spatial resolution; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INDEXING (MATERIALS WORKING); NITROGEN; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CONCENTRATION VALUES; HYPERSPECTRAL SENSORS; IMAGE ALTITUDE; MULTI-SPECTRAL CAMERAS; NONINVASIVE METHODS; NUTRITIONAL INDICES; REMOTE SENSORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 85021144787     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2017.06.003     Document Type: Article

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