Advanced sensing for tree canopy modeling and precision spraying

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2010, ASABE 2010

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 4824-4838

  Campoy, Joan ^a   Gonzalez Mora, Jose ^a   Dima, Cristian ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Precision spraying; Tree canopy modeling; Variable rate spraying

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENGINEERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3D GRID; CANOPY COVERAGE; CITRUS GROVES; FLORIDA; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; INTEGRATED AUTOMATION; PRECISION SPRAYING; REAL TIME; SPRAY DRIFT; SPRAYING TECHNOLOGY; TREE CANOPY; VARIABLE RATE SPRAYING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 78649708858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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