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. 2019 Jan 22;14(1):e0210804. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210804

Table 2. Comparison between ground measured and UAV-estimated canopy height and diameter.

DOY Year Measured vs estimated
tree canopy height (m)
Measured vs estimated
tree diameter (m)
intercept slope R2 RMSE intercept slope R2 RMSE
130 2015 0.34 0.92 0.73 0.23 -0.22 1.07 0.84 0.19
188 2015 0.57 0.77 0.73 0.26 -0.05 0.97 0.80 0.24
63 2016 -0.10 1.06 0.87 0.16 0.14 0.83 0.81 0.37

Canopy height and canopy diameter of olive trees were measured on DOY 130 and 188 in 2015, and DOY 63 in 2016. The flight altitudes were 70 m (DOY 130 and 188 in 2015) and 50 m (DOY 63 in 2016).