Title
Inter-comparison of thermal measurements using ground-based sensors, UAV thermal cameras, and eddy covariance radiometers
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Nieto H.
Parry C.
Elarab M.
Collatz W.
Coopmans C.
McKee L.
McKee M.
Kustas W.
Utah Water Research Lab
Publisher(s)
The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Abstract
With the increasing availability of thermal proximity sensors, UAV-borne cameras, and eddy covariance radiometers there may be an assumption that information produced by these sensors is interchangeable or compatible. This assumption is often held for estimation of agricultural parameters such as canopy and soil temperature, energy balance components, and evapotranspiration. Nevertheless, environmental conditions, calibration, and ground settings may affect the relationship between measurements from each of these thermal sensors. This work presents a comparison between proximity infrared radiometer (IRT) sensors, microbolometer thermal cameras used in UAVs, and thermal radiometers used in eddy covariance towers in an agricultural setting. The information was collected in the 2015 and 2016 irrigation seasons at a commercial vineyard located in California for the USDA Agricultural Research Service Grape Remote Sensing Atmospheric Profile and Evapotranspiration Experiment (GRAPEX) Program. Information was captured at different times during diurnal cycles, and IRT and radiometer footprint areas were calculated for comparison with UAV thermal raster information. Issues such as sensor accuracy, the location of IRT sensors, diurnal temperature changes, and surface characterizations are presented.
Volume
10664
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Otras ingenierías y tecnologías
Otras ciencias agrícolas
Ciencia del suelo
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85051184737
ISBN
9781510618398
ISSN of the container
0277786X
ISBN of the container
978-151061839-8
Conference
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Sponsor(s)
This project was financially supported under Cooperative Agreement No. 58-8042-7-006 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, from NASA under award No 200906 NNX17AF51G, and by the Utah Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University. The authors wish to thank E&J Gallo Winery for their continued collaborative support of this research, and the AggieAir UAV Remote Sensing Group at the Utah Water Research Laboratory for their UAV technology and skill and hard work in acquiring the scientific quality, high-resolution aerial imagery used in this project.
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