A system for collecting spatially variable terrain data

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-128

  Tyndale Biscoe, J P ^a   Moore, G A ^a   Western, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Costs of data collection; Field measurements; Precision agriculture; Soil moisture; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE METERS; REMOTE SENSING; SCADA SYSTEMS; SOILS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURE;

FIELD MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING METHOD; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0031597233     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(97)00038-0     Document Type: Article

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