Mobile low-cost 3D camera maize crop height measurements under field conditions

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 630-647

  Hämmerle, Martin ^a   Höfle, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low cost 3D camera; Maize crop height; Mobile field measurements; Terrestrial laser scanning

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS; CROP PLANT; DATA ACQUISITION; EQUIPMENT; FOOD SUPPLY; LASER METHOD; MAIZE; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85031816991     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: 15731618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-017-9544-3     Document Type: Article

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