A five-point penetrometer with GPS for measuring soil compaction variability

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-116

  Fountas, Spyros ^a   Paraforos, Dimitris ^b   Cavalaris, Chris ^b   Karamoutis, Christos ^b   Gemtos, Theofanis A ^b   Abu Khalaf, Nawaf ^c   Tagarakis, Aristotelis ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c PALESTINE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Load cells; Penetration resistance; Precision agriculture; Soil management; Tillage methods; Ultrasonic sensor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRONOMY; CULTIVATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; ULTRASONIC SENSORS; VISUAL BASIC;

LOAD CELLS; PENETRATION RESISTANCES; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TILLAGE METHODS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; COMPACTION; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA ACQUISITION; GPS; PENETRATION TEST; PENETROMETER; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SENSOR; SOFTWARE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TILLAGE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84879145475     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.04.018     Document Type: Article

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