Direct reflectance measurements from drones: Sensor absolute radiometric calibration and system tests for forest reflectance characterization

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Hakala, Teemu ^a   Markelin, Lauri ^a   Honkavaara, Eija ^a   Scott, Barry ^b   Theocharous, Theo ^b   Nevalainen, Olli ^a   Näsi, Roope ^a   Suomalainen, Juha ^a   Viljanen, Niko ^a   Greenwell, Claire ^b   Fox, Nigel ^b  

^a FINNISH GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drone; Hyperspectral; Imaging spectrometer; Radiance; Radiometric calibration; Reflectance; Spectral calibration; UAV

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; DRONES; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FORESTRY; LABORATORIES; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

HYPERSPECTRAL; IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; RADIANCE; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; SPECTRAL CALIBRATION;

HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING;

EID: 85046663148     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s18051417     Document Type: Article

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