Evaluation of RGB-based vegetation indices from UAV imagery to estimate forage yield in Grassland

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1215-1219

  Lussem, U ^a   Bolten, A ^a   Gnyp, M L ^b   Jasper, J ^b   Bareth, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Yara International ASA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Grassland; Pasture; Rgb; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Vegetation indices; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANTENNAS; BIOMASS; DECISION MAKING; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; GRASSLAND; PASTURE; SITE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; VEGETATION INDEX; YIELD;

VEGETATION;

EID: 85046942751     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-1215-2018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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