A near-infrared reflectance sensor for soil surface moisture measurement

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 99, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-107

  Yin, Zhe ^a   Lei, Tingwu ^a,b   Yan, Qinghong ^a   Chen, Zhanpeng ^a   Dong, Yuequn ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Light emitting diode; Near infrared reflectance; Relative absorption depth; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT; WAVELENGTH;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; GRAVIMETRIC METHODS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE; RELATIVE ABSORPTIONS; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT;

REFLECTION;

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFRARED RADIATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84884573421     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.08.029     Document Type: Article

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