Estimation of vegetation fraction using RGB and multispectral images from UAV

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 420-438

  Marcial Pablo, Mariana de Jesús ^a   Gonzalez Sanchez, Alberto ^a   Jimenez Jimenez, Sergio Iván ^a   Ontiveros Capurata, Ronald Ernesto ^a   Ojeda Bustamante, Waldo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INFRARED DEVICES; PIXELS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EQUIPMENT CAPACITIES; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES; NEAR-INFRARED BANDS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION COVERAGE; VEGETATION FRACTIONS;

VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; MAIZE; MONITORING; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED VEHICLE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION INDEX;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85058183745     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2018.1528017     Document Type: Article

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