Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Measurements? A Comparison of Drone Systems and Data Processing Methods for Rangeland Vegetation Monitoring

Chandra Holifield Collins1, Susan M Skirvin2, Gerardo Armendariz1, Jeffrey Gillan3, Jason Wong1, Guillermo Ponce-Campos2, Tyson Lee Swetnam4, Alisa Coffin5, Zachary Winston3, Andrew Corrales3, Philip Heilman6 and Loretta Metz7, (1)USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, (4)University of Arizona, BIO5 Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States, (5)USDA, ARS, Tifton, GA, United States, (6)USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, United States, (7)USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Tucson, United States