Some Applications of Remote Sensing of Crop-Hail Damage in the Insurance Industry

摘要

A four-year research project was conducted on the feasibility of using aerial photography for the adjustment of crop-hail damage. The results indicate that loss assessments could not be made with sufficient accuracy in individual fields. However, the photography could be used for qualitative assessment of damage. Aerial photographs are now being used by adjusters as an additional tool in the normal adjustment procedures. Infrared photographs taken from 12,000 feet above ground are used to make mosaics of entire damage areas.