Validation and results of the Soil Scout radio signal attenuation model

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-17

  Tiusanen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRIENTS; PH; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

NUTRIENT LEVEL; RADIO ELECTRONICS; RADIO WAVE ATTENUATION; WIRELESS MONITORING;

SOILS;

EID: 34247327368     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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