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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-163-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-163-2015
Research article
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09 Jan 2015
Research article |  | 09 Jan 2015

Deploying four optical UAV-based sensors over grassland: challenges and limitations

S. K. von Bueren, A. Burkart, A. Hueni, U. Rascher, M. P. Tuohy, and I. J. Yule

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with optical sensors facilitate non-invasive, real-time vegetation analysis. To guarantee robust scientific analysis, protocols need to be developed and sensors must be compared to state-of-the-art instruments. Here we compare four UAV sensors (RGB, NIR, six-band, spectrometer) to evaluate their applicability for vegetation monitoring. By showing the opportunities and pitfalls of UAV-based sensing, we describe ways to gather sound scientific data.
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