A low-cost microcontroller-based system to monitor crop temperature and water status

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 168-173

  Fisher, Daniel K ^a   Kebede, Hirut ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Datalogging; Infrared thermometer; Microcontrollers; Sensors; Soil moisture; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CIRCUIT BOARDS; CORN FIELDS; COST MICROCONTROLLER; DATA COLLECTION; DATA STORAGE; DATA-LOGGING; DIGITAL TEMPERATURE SENSOR; ELECTROSTATIC INTERFERENCE; GROWING SEASON; INFRARED THERMOMETERS; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MATERIAL COST; MICROCONTROLLER-BASED CIRCUIT; MISSING DATA; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; SENSOR POWER; SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE STATUS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STATE COMPONENT; WATER STATUS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLERS; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; MANUFACTURE; MICROCONTROLLERS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMOMETERS;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GROWING SEASON; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER CONTENT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956922121     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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