Ground surface sensing through plant foliage using an FM-CW radar

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-193

  Noyman, Yonatan ^a   Shmulevich, Itzhak ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Foliage; Ground surface detection; Microwave; Radar cross section; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; MICROWAVES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADAR CROSS SECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR SYSTEM; GROUND SURFACE DETECTION; PLANT FOLIAGE;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; DEPTH/HEIGHT CONTROL; FM-CW; FOLIAGE; GROUND SURFACE; MICROWAVE SENSING; RADAR SYSTEM; SYSTEM CONFIGURATION; X-BAND;

EID: 0030206953     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1699(96)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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