The performance of active spectral reflectance sensors as influenced by measuring distance, device temperature and light intensity

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-33

  Kipp, Sebastian ^a   Mistele, Bodo ^a   Schmidhalter, Urs ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertilisation; Phenomics; Precision farming; Precision phenotyping; Site specific management

Indexed keywords

CROPS; MANUFACTURE;

FERTILISATION; PHENOMICS; PHENOTYPING; PRECISION FARMING; SITE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT;

SENSORS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INDEX METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84887566023     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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