SIMLIDAR - Simulation of LIDAR performance in artificially simulated orchards

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-82

  Méndez, Valeriano ^a   Catalán, Heliodoro ^a   Rosell, Joan R ^b   Arnó, Jaume ^b   Sanz, Ricardo ^b   Tarquis, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C++ (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); FORESTRY; LASER BEAMS; ORCHARDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCANNING; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK);

GOOD CORRELATIONS; LASER SCANNER; LASER SENSOR; LATERAL INTERACTIONS; LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING); LINDENMAYER SYSTEM; PESTICIDE TREATMENTS; PROJECTED AREA;

OPTICAL RADAR;

COMPUTER PROGRAMS; FORESTRY; ORCHARDS; RADAR; SCANNING; TRACTORS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 83955161142     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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