Remote sensing of yields: Application of UAV imagery-derived ndvi for estimating maize vigor and yields in complex farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

Drones

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1-16

  Wahab, Ibrahim ^a,b   Hall, Ola ^b   Jirström, Magnus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Green normalized difference vegetation index; Maize yields; Near infrared; Remote sensing; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

AERIAL VEHICLE; FARMING SYSTEM; GREEN NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; MAIZE YIELD; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED; REMOTE-SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGES; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 85057123396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2504446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/drones2030028     Document Type: Article

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