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Evaluation of Leaf Area Index (LAI) of Broadacre Crops Using UAS-Based LiDAR Point Clouds and Multispectral Imagery

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IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3172491

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Leaf area index; LiDAR; multispectral imagery; precision agriculture; structure-from-motion; unmanned aerial system (UAS)

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This article evaluates the leaf area index (LAI) of a snap bean field using unmanned aerial system (UAS) based light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data and multispectral imagery (MSI). The results show that both LiDAR and MSI methods accurately predict LAI, with variations in effectiveness for different conditions. Additionally, MSI-based models can be more accurate than LiDAR-based models when data is collected at a consistent flight altitude, indicating the possibility of cost-effective MSI-based approaches.
Leaf area index (LAI) is an established structural variable that reflects the three-dimensional (3-D) leaf layering of vegetation in response to environmental inputs. In this context, unmanned aerial system (UAS) based methods present a new approach to such plant-to field-scale LAI assessment for precision agriculture applications. This article used UAS-based light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data and multispectral imagery (MSI) as two modalities to evaluate the LAI of a snap bean field, toward eventual yield modeling and disease risk assessment. LiDAR-derived and MSI-derived metrics were fed to multiple biophysical-based and regression models. The correlation between the derived LAI and field-measured LAI was significant. Six LiDAR-derived metrics were fit in eight models to predict LAI, among which the square root of the laser penetration index achieved the most accurate prediction result ( R-2 = 0.61, nRMSE = 19%). The NISI-derived models, which contained both structural features and spectral signatures, provided similar predicting effectiveness, with predicted R-2 approximate to 0.5 and nRMSER approximate to 12%. We furthermore observed variation in model effectiveness for different cultivars, different cultivar groups, and different UAS flight altitudes, for both the LiDAR and MSI approaches. For data collected at a consistent flight altitude, MSI-derived models could even exceed LiDAR-derived models, in terms of accuracy. This finding could support the possibility of replacing LiDAR with more cost-effective MSI-based approaches. However, LiDAR remains a viable modality, since a LiDAR-derived 3-D model only required a single predictor variable, while an MSI-derived model relied on multiple independent variables in our case.

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