Evaluation of RGB, color-infrared and multispectral images acquired from unmanned aerial systems for the estimation of nitrogen accumulation in rice

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Zheng, Hengbiao ^a   Cheng, Tao ^a   Li, Dong ^a   Zhou, Xiang ^a   Yao, Xia ^a   Tian, Yongchao ^a   Cao, Weixing ^a   Zhu, Yan ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Leaf nitrogen accumulation; Multiple sensors; Plant nitrogen accumulation; UAS; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; COLOR; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFRARED DEVICES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NITROGEN; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

GREEN NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; LEAF NITROGEN; MULTIPLE SENSORS; NITROGEN ACCUMULATION; REAL TIME DECISION-MAKING; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS; VEGETATION INDEX;

VEGETATION;

EID: 85048987839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10060824     Document Type: Article

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