Simplified radiometric calibration for UAS-mounted multispectral sensor

European Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 301-313

  Iqbal, Faheem ^a   Lucieer, Arko ^a   Barry, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

empirical line; Radiometric calibration; remote sensing; UAS

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CROPS; CULTIVATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

EMPIRICAL LINE; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MULTISPECTRAL SENSORS; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SPECTRAL QUANTIFICATION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 85041491048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22797254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2018.1432293     Document Type: Article

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