Remote sensing (RS) technologies provide a diagnostic tool that can serve as an early
warning system, allowing the agricultural community to intervene early on to counter …

Environmental monitoring plays a central role in diagnosing climate and management
impacts on natural and agricultural systems; enhancing the understanding of hydrological …

Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) is presently in continuous development at a rapid pace.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or more extensively Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) …

Crop monitoring is important in precision agriculture. Estimating above-ground biomass
helps to monitor crop vitality and to predict yield. In this study, we estimated fresh and dry …

Assessment of air quality has been traditionally conducted by ground based monitoring, and
more recently by manned aircrafts and satellites. However, performing fast, comprehensive …

A major challenge for crop research in the 21st century is how to predict crop performance
as a function of genetic architecture. Advances in “next generation” DNA sequencing have …

Leaf chlorophyll content (μg cm− 2) is an important variable for agricultural remote sensing
because of its close relationship to leaf N content. The objectives of this study were to …

Payload size and weight are critical factors for small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
Digital color-infrared photographs were acquired from a single 12-megapixel camera that …

In major cities, air quality is of significant concern because of its negative effect on the health
of the region's living conditions, climate, and economy. Recent studies show the significance …

Unmanned aerial vehicles have become popular platforms for remote-sensing applications,
particularly when spaceborne technology, manned airborne techniques, and in situ methods …