Autonomous precision agriculture through integration of wireless underground sensor networks with center pivot irrigation systems

Ad Hoc Networks

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1975-1987

  Dong, Xin ^a   Vuran, Mehmet C ^a   Irmak, Suat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyber physical systems; Precision agriculture; Underground electromagnetic propagation; Wireless underground sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (CPSS); IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; UNDERGROUND ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION; VEGETATION CANOPY HEIGHT; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNELS; WIRELESS UNDERGROUND SENSOR NETWORKS;

ANTENNAS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC DRIVES; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84883452685     PISSN: 15708705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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