Calibration of an on-line sensor for measurement of topsoil bulk density in all soil textures

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 219-228

  Quraishi, Mohammed Z ^a   Mouazen, Abdul M ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Moisture content; On line sensor; Soil compaction; Texture

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CALIBRATION; CLAY; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); CORE SAMPLES; FORECASTING; INFRARED DEVICES; LINEAR REGRESSION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; TEXTURES; URANIUM ALLOYS;

ACCURACY OF MEASUREMENTS; BULK DENSITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NONLINEAR MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; ON LINE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; ON-LINE SENSOR; SOIL COMPACTION; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 84867786933     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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