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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026

UAV-Based Thermal Inversion for Canopy Temperature Retrieval and Precision Irrigation.

Haoming Li, Wei Li, Chenchen Liu, Leilei Ji, Zhenbo Liu, Ramesh K Agarwal

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Haoming LiNational Research Center of Pumps, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Wei LiNational Research Center of Pumps, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1130-4336
Chenchen LiuNational Research Center of Pumps, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Leilei JiNational Research Center of Pumps, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Zhenbo LiuNational Research Center of Pumps, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Ramesh K AgarwalDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9642-1023

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Government of Jiangsu Province SJCX23_2057
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate assessment of crop water status is critical for precision irrigation and sustainable water management in agriculture. This study develops a UAV-based thermal infrared inversion framework for high-resolution canopy temperature retrieval and irrigation decision support in tea plantations. The proposed approach integrates multi-frame image mosaicking, threshold-based canopy extraction, and a gray-temperature calibration model to generate spatially continuous canopy temperature maps. Crop water stress was quantified using the Crop Water Stress Index (CWSI), and its reliability was further evaluated by analyzing its relationship with stomatal conductance. The framework further estimates soil moisture status and irrigation requirements based on a threshold-based irrigation strategy. The results show that the linear gray-temperature calibration model achieved a maximum absolute error of less than 0.3 °C and that the calculated CWSI and estimated irrigation requirement were strongly correlated with measured stomatal conductance, with

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canopy temperaturecrop water stress indexprecision irrigationstomatal conductancethermal infrared inversionUAV

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PMID42655333
PMCPMC13517269

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