A simple linear mixing model of heterogeneous soil-vegetation system and retrieval of component temperatures from directional remote sensing measurements by inverting this model is evaluated in this paper using observations by a thermal camera. The thermal camera was used to obtain multi-angular TIR (Thermal Infra-Red) images over vegetable and orchard canopies. A whole thermal camera image was...

Similar in nature to an image mosaic, a photo-stencil is a rendering of a binary target image by an arrangement of smaller binary stencil images. This paper presents a method for efficiently creating photo-stencil images, making use of the Fast Fourier Transform to speed up costly computations. The resulting photo-stencils are a new and interesting form of nonphotorealistic rendering.

The Guthion-resistant strain of walnut aphid parasite, Trioxys pallidus, was reared in the greenhouse on potted walnut trees and released into a commercialwalnut block near Gridley during the 1989 growing season where it established, survived Guthion,and spread to an adjacent blocktreated with Lorsban. Aphidand parasite counts suggest the parasites controlled the aphids in both the Guthionand L...

Introduction New rootstocks for peaches have been recently introduced into the United States through commercial nurseries. Most all of these rootstocks are complex Prunus L. hybrids that are propagated asexually. Past experience with newly introduced Prunus rootstocks has shown that extensive testing is critical to avoid potential problems in commercial situations due to nonadaptation of some r...

Introduction: Recent work by [1] indicates that the mesoside-rites are isotopically identical to the HEDs, strongly suggesting that they originate from the same parent body. One argument against this theory is the differences between the silicates within the two meteorite groups. Mesosiderite pyroxenes tend to have higher MgO concentrations and lower Fe/Mn ratios, which show a positive correlat...

Landscapes of farms and adjacent areas are known to influence abundance of various arthropods such as pollinators in commercial agricultural ecosystems. In this context, we examined the effect of heterogeneous landscapes surrounding and including commercial apple orchards on pollinator visitation and foraging distance during bloom period from 2011 to 2013 in Pennsylvania. Our results showed tha...

Decreasing qualitative aspects of residential environments is a real problem in recent public housing of Kerman. This article is concentrated on surveying the impact of in-between spaces on residential environments quality (REQ), to evaluate different kinds of it and to determine interrelation of two main components: residents individual characteristics and characteristics of in-between spaces....

Remote sensing can provide good alternatives for traditional in situ water status measurements in orchard crops, such as stem water potential (Ψstem). However, the heterogeneity of these cropping systems causes significant differences with regards to remote sensing products within one orchard and between orchards. In this study, robust spectral indicators of Ψstem were sought after, independent...