Beyond 3-D: The new spectrum of lidar applications for earth and ecological sciences

JUH Eitel, B Höfle, LA Vierling, A Abellán… - Remote Sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Capturing and quantifying the world in three dimensions (x, y, z) using light detection and
ranging (lidar) technology drives fundamental advances in the Earth and Ecological …

Estimation methods developing with remote sensing information for energy crop biomass: A comparative review

Z Chao, N Liu, P Zhang, T Ying, K Song - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid development of remote sensing (RS) technology enables an increased usage of
high-resolution, spatial, temporal or spectral, data to extract vegetation information, improve …

Combining UAV-based plant height from crop surface models, visible, and near infrared vegetation indices for biomass monitoring in barley

J Bendig, K Yu, H Aasen, A Bolten, S Bennertz… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study we combined selected vegetation indices (VIs) and plant height information to
estimate biomass in a summer barley experiment. The VIs were calculated from ground …

Estimating biomass of barley using crop surface models (CSMs) derived from UAV-based RGB imaging

J Bendig, A Bolten, S Bennertz, J Broscheit, S Eichfuss… - Remote sensing, 2014 - mdpi.com
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 …

High throughput determination of plant height, ground cover, and above-ground biomass in wheat with LiDAR

JA Jimenez-Berni, DM Deery… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Crop improvement efforts are targeting increased above-ground biomass and radiation-use
efficiency as drivers for greater yield. Early ground cover and canopy height contribute to …

A novel machine learning method for estimating biomass of grass swards using a photogrammetric canopy height model, images and vegetation indices captured by a …

N Viljanen, E Honkavaara, R Näsi, T Hakala… - Agriculture, 2018 - mdpi.com
Silage is the main feed in milk and ruminant meat production in Northern Europe. Novel
drone-based remote sensing technology could be utilized in many phases of silage …

Estimating biomass and nitrogen amount of barley and grass using UAV and aircraft based spectral and photogrammetric 3D features

R Näsi, N Viljanen, J Kaivosoja, K Alhonoja, T Hakala… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
The timely estimation of crop biomass and nitrogen content is a crucial step in various tasks
in precision agriculture, for example in fertilization optimization. Remote sensing using …

Multitemporal crop surface models: accurate plant height measurement and biomass estimation with terrestrial laser scanning in paddy rice

N Tilly, D Hoffmeister, Q Cao, S Huang… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Appropriate field management requires methods of measuring plant height with high
precision, accuracy, and resolution. Studies show that terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is …

Dynamic plant height QTL revealed in maize through remote sensing phenotyping using a high-throughput unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

X Wang, R Zhang, W Song, L Han, X Liu, X Sun… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Plant height (PH) is a key factor in maize (Zea mays L.) yield, biomass, and plant
architecture. We investigated the PH of diverse maize inbred lines (117 temperate lines, 135 …

Terrestrial 3D laser scanning to track the increase in canopy height of both monocot and dicot crop species under field conditions

M Friedli, N Kirchgessner, C Grieder, F Liebisch… - Plant methods, 2016 - Springer
Background Plant growth is a good indicator of crop performance and can be measured by
different methods and on different spatial and temporal scales. In this study, we measured …