A dielectric-based combined horizontal sensor for on-the-go measurement of soil water content and mechanical resistance

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-137

  Naderi Boldaji, M ^a   Sharifi, A ^b   Jamshidi, B ^b   Younesi Alamouti, M ^b   Minaee, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Combined sensor; Mechanical resistance; On the go; Precision agriculture; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

COMBINED SENSOR; MECHANICAL RESISTANCE; ON-THE-GO; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

AGRICULTURE; BINS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; EXPERIMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS;

WATER CONTENT;

EID: 80055047494     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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