Improvement and field testing of a combined horizontal penetrometer for on-the-go measurement of soil water content and mechanical resistance

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Naderi Boldaji, M ^a   Alimardani, R ^a   Hemmat, A ^b   Sharifi, A ^c   Keyhani, A ^a   Dolatsha, N ^d   Keller, T ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dielectric sensor; Penetrometer resistance; Precision agriculture; Sensor fusion; Soil compaction

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC SENSORS; PENETROMETER RESISTANCE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SENSOR FUSION; SOIL COMPACTION;

AGRICULTURE; CALIBRATION; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; SENSORS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

WATER CONTENT;

CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LINEARITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PENETROMETER; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SANDY LOAM; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; VOLUME; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84859795155     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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