Estimation of wheat LAI at middle to high levels using unmanned aerial vehicle narrowband multispectral imagery

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Yao, Xia ^a   Wang, Ni ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Cheng, Tao ^a   Tian, Yongchao ^a   Chen, Qi ^b   Zhu, Yan ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

LAI; Modified triangular vegetation index; Narrowband multispectral image; UAV; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038247198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9121304     Document Type: Note

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