Use of a triple-sensor fusion system for on-the-go measurement of soil compaction

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-53

  Naderi Boldaji, Mojtaba ^a   Sharifi, A ^b   Alimardani, R ^a   Hemmat, A ^c   Keyhani, A ^a   Loonstra, E H ^d   Weisskopf, P ^e   Stettler, M ^f   Keller, T ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d The Soil Company   (Netherlands)

^e AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^f BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^g SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ray sensor; Bulk density; Crop yield; Dielectric sensor; Horizontal penetrometer; Soil compaction

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CROP YIELD; DIELECTRIC SENSORS; HORIZONTAL PENETROMETER; SOIL COMPACTION;

AGRICULTURE; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS;

SENSORS;

BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; CROP YIELD; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; PENETROMETER; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SENSOR; SOIL STRENGTH; SOIL TEXTURE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84875118321     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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