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© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based hyperspectral images linked to a radiative transfer model can provide a promising approach for high throughput monitoring of plant nitrogen (N) status. In this study, multiple lookup tables (Multi-LUTs), each LUT corresponding to one growth stage, were constructed based on the N-PROSAIL model, a radiative transfer model, and LUT size was optimized for improving computing efficiency. The objective is to use the constructed Multi-LUTs for estimating canopy N density (CND) in winter wheat. Results suggest that Multi-LUTs of leaf area index, leaf N density and two spectral indices (MSR and MCARI/MTVI2) in winter wheat demonstrate good performance of CND estimation; and LUTs with the optimal size of 6000 rows can yield good accuracy. The R 2 and nRMSE values of the regression relationship between estimated and measured CND were 0.83 and 0.23 from field hyperspectral data, and 0.69 and 0.27 from UAV based hyperspectral imagery during the 2014–2015 growing season. CND by Multi-LUTs method was also accurately estimated from field hyperspectral data during the 2013–2014 growing season, with R 2 and nRMSE values of 0.74 and 0.26. The estimation accuracy of CND based UAV data was a slightly lower than based field data. The resultant thematic CND map accurately exhibits CND variability at varying spatial and temporal scales. Results from this study confirmed the potential of combining UAV based hyperspectral imagery and physical optics approach for estimating CND in winter wheat.
Author(s): Li Z, Li Z, Fairbairn D, Li N, Xu B, Feng H, Yang G
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Year: 2019
Volume: 162
Pages: 174-182
Print publication date: 01/07/2019
Online publication date: 16/04/2019
Acceptance date: 07/04/2019
Date deposited: 24/06/2019
ISSN (print): 0168-1699
ISSN (electronic): 1872-7107
Publisher: Elsevier BV
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2019.04.005
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2019.04.005
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