Wireless sensor network as a measurement tool in precision agriculture

18th IMEKO World Congress 2006: Metrology for a Sustainable Development

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1562-1566

  Giacomin, João Carlos ^a   Vasconcelos, Flávio Henrique ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Precision agriculture; Radio signal attenuation; Vegetation canopy; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CROP FIELDS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RADIO SIGNALS; RF COMMUNICATION; VEGETATION CANOPY;

CROPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANNING; SAILING VESSELS; SENSOR NODES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 84877743081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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