Plant biomass estimation using dielectric properties

2006 ASABE Annual International Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Jones, Carol L ^a   Stone, Marvin L ^a   Maness, Niels O ^a   Solie, John B ^a   Brusewitz, Gerald H ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Electromagnetic; Moisture content; Multipole; Radio frequency

Indexed keywords

DRY BIOMASS; ELECTROMAGNETIC; FREE SPACE; IN-SITU; MOISTURE CONTENT; MULTIPOLE; PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITORS; PLANT BIOMASS; RADIO FREQUENCY; SENSING AREAS; SQUARE PLATES; TRANSMITTED SIGNAL;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; WATER CONTENT;

BIOMASS;

EID: 39749083051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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