A methodology based on GEOBIA and WorldView-3 imagery to derive vegetation indices at tree crown detail in olive orchards

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 83, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Solano, Francesco ^a   Di Fazio, Salvatore ^a   Modica, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geographic object based image classification (GEOBIA); Olive orchards; Olive trees crown extraction; Precision agriculture (PA); Satellite remote sensing; Spectral behavior; Vegetation indices (VIs); Worldview 3 (WV 3)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; EVERGREEN TREE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 85077303511     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2019.101912     Document Type: Article

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