Table 2.

Flight plan details and technical specifications for the RGB and multispectral sensors used for aerial imagery collection in the study sites for the 2021 and 2022 growing seasons.

Flight details and specifications	DJI’s Phantom™ Pro 4 V2.0	DJI’s Mavic™ Air 2	MicaSense RedEdge-MX™
Flight Altitude	45 m	45 m	45 m
Spatial Resolution	1.33 cm	1.62 cm	3.29 cm
Image Overlap	Side 70% Front 80%	Side 70% Front 80%	Side 80% Front 80%
Flight Speed	4.11 m s-1	4.91 m s-1	3.81 m s-1
Sensor	1-inch CMOS; 20 Megapixel	1/2-inch CMOS; 48 Megapixel	RedEdge-MX sensor
Bits per pixel	16	16	12
Spectral Range	RGB	RGB	Blue (475 nm ± 20 nm) Green (560 nm ± 20 nm) Red (668 nm ± 10 nm) Red-edge (717 nm ± 10 nm) Near Infrared (840 nm ± 40 nm)