Multispectral and DSLR sensors for assessing crop stress in corn and cotton using fixed-wing unmanned air systems Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 2016 SPIE. As small unmanned aircraft systems become increasingly affordable, reliable, and formally recognized under federal regulation, they become increasingly attractive as novel platforms for civil applications. This paper details the development and demonstration of fixed-wing unmanned aircraft systems for precision agriculture tasks. Tasks such as soil moisture content and high throughput phenotyping are considered. Rationale for sensor, vehicle, and ground equipment selections are provided, in addition to developed flight operation procedures for minimal numbers of crew. Preliminary imagery results are presented and analyzed, and these results demonstrate that fixed-wing unmanned aircraft systems modified to carry non-traditional sensors at extended endurance durations can provide high quality data that is usable for serious scientific analysis.

name of conference

  • Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping

published proceedings

  • AUTONOMOUS AIR AND GROUND SENSING SYSTEMS FOR AGRICULTURAL OPTIMIZATION AND PHENOTYPING

author list (cited authors)

  • Valasek, J., Henrickson, J. V., Bowden, E., Shi, Y., Morgan, C., & Neely, H. L.

citation count

  • 7

complete list of authors

  • Valasek, John||Henrickson, James V||Bowden, Ezekial||Shi, Yeyin||Morgan, Cristine LS||Neely, Haly L

editor list (cited editors)

  • Valasek, J., & Thomasson, J. A.

publication date

  • May 2016