Radiometric correction of close-range spectral image blocks captured using an unmanned aerial vehicle with a radiometric block adjustment

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Honkavaara, Eija ^a   Khoramshahi, Ehsan ^a  

^a FINNISH GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

BRDF; Calibration; Drone; Hyperspectral; Photogrammetry; Radiometric correction; Radiometry; UAS; UAV

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; CROPS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DRONES; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPY; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; BRDF; HYPERSPECTRAL; HYPERSPECTRAL SPECTRUM; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; MULTI-SPECTRAL CAMERAS; RADIOMETRIC CORRECTIONS; UNMANNED AIRBORNE VEHICLES;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 85042524085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10020256     Document Type: Article

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