Effective and efficient agricultural drainage pipe mapping with UAS thermal infrared imagery: A case study

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 197, Issue , 2018, Pages 132-137

  Allred, Barry ^a   Eash, Neal ^b   Freeland, Robert ^b   Martinez, Luis ^a   Wishart, DeBonne ^c  

^a SOIL DRAINAGE RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural drainage pipes; Near infrared (NIR); Thermal infrared (TIR) imagery; Unmanned aircraft system (UAS); Visible (VIS)

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED RADIATION; SURVEYS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE PIPE; DRAINAGE PIPES; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGERY; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM; VISIBLE; VISIBLE NEAR-INFRARED;

MAPPING;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CROP RESIDUE; DRAINAGE; INFRARED IMAGERY; MAIZE; PIPE; SENSOR; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TEST; SOYBEAN; SUBSURFACE FLOW; UNMANNED VEHICLE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85035793205     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2017.11.011     Document Type: Article

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