Performance of an ultrasonic ranging sensor in apple tree canopies

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2459-2477

  Escolà, Alexandre ^a   Planas, Santiago ^a   Rosell, Joan Ramon ^a   Pomar, Jesús ^a   Camp, Ferran ^a   Solanelles, Francesc ^a   Gracia, Felip ^a   Llorens, Jordi ^b   Gil, Emilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apple tree orchard; Distance measurements; Ultrasonic interferences; Ultrasonic sensor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; MALUS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PLANT LEAF; SOUND; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE; ULTRASOUND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LABORATORIES; LINEAR MODELS; MALUS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PLANT LEAVES; SOUND; TREES; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 79953312889     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110302459     Document Type: Article

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