Quantitative remote sensing at ultra-high resolution with UAV spectroscopy: A review of sensor technology, measurement procedures, and data correctionworkflows

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Aasen, Helge ^a   Honkavaara, Eija ^b   Lucieer, Arko ^c   Zarco Tejada, Pablo J ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FINNISH GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

2D imager; Calibration; Drone; Hyperspectral; Imaging spectroscopy; Low altitude; Multispectral; Pushbroom; Remote sensing; Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS); Sensors; Snapshot; Spectral; Spectroradiometers; Unmanned aerial systems (UAS); Unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DRONES; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; SENSORS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

HYPERSPECTRAL; IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; LOW ALTITUDES; MULTI-SPECTRAL; PUSHBROOM; REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT; SNAPSHOT; SPECTRAL; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 85050500948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10071091     Document Type: Review

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