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Comparing methods to extract crop height and estimate crop coefficient from UAV imagery using structure from motion / Nitzan Malachy in Remote sensing, vol 14 n° 4 (February-2 2022)  

Public [article]  inRemote sensing > vol 14 n° 4 (February-2 2022) . - n° 810 Titre : Comparing methods to extract crop height and estimate crop coefficient from UAV imagery using structure from motion Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Nitzan Malachy, Auteur ; Imri Zadak, Auteur ; Offer Rozenstein, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 810 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications photogrammétriques [Termes IGN] analyse spectrale [Termes IGN] covariance [Termes IGN] cultures [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] hauteur de la végétation [Termes IGN] hétérogénéité spatiale [Termes IGN] image captée par drone [Termes IGN] modèle de croissance végétale [Termes IGN] régression linéaire [Termes IGN] série temporelle [Termes IGN] structure-from-motion [Termes IGN] zone d'intérêt Résumé : (auteur) Although it is common to consider crop height in agricultural management, variation in plant height within the field is seldom addressed because it is challenging to assess from discrete field measurements. However, creating spatial crop height models (CHMs) using structure from motion (SfM) applied to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery can easily be done. Therefore, looking into intra- and inter-season height variability has the potential to provide regular information for precision management. This study aimed to test different approaches to deriving crop height from CHM and subsequently estimate the crop coefficient (Kc). CHMs were created for three crops (tomato, potato, and cotton) during five growing seasons, in addition to manual height measurements. The Kc time-series were derived from eddy-covariance measurements in commercial fields and estimated from multispectral UAV imagery in small plots, based on known relationships between Kc and spectral vegetation indices. A comparison of four methods (Mean, Sample, Median, and Peak) was performed to derive single height values from CHMs. Linear regression was performed between crop height estimations from CHMs against manual height measurements and Kc. Height was best predicted using the Mean and the Sample methods for all three crops (R2 = 0.94, 0.84, 0.74 and RMSE = 0.056, 0.071, 0.051 for cotton, potato, and tomato, respectively), as was the prediction of Kc (R2 = 0.98, 0.84, 0.8 and RMSE = 0.026, 0.049, 0.023 for cotton, potato, and tomato, respectively). The Median and Peak methods had far less success in predicting both, and the Peak method was shown to be sensitive to the size of the area analyzed. This study shows that CHMs can help growers identify spatial heterogeneity in crop height and estimate the crop coefficient for precision irrigation applications. Numéro de notice : A2022-139 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.3390/rs14040810 Date de publication en ligne : 09/02/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14040810 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99774 [article]