A model with leaf area index and apple size parameters for 2.4 GHz radio propagation in apple orchards

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 180-200

  Guo, Xiu ming ^a,b   Yang, Xin ting ^b   Chen, Mei xiang ^b   Li, Ming ^b   Wang, Yan an ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE   (China)

^c SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apple orchards; Attenuation measurement; Leaf area index (LAI); Path loss; Wireless sensor networks (WSN)

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84928655851     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-014-9369-2     Document Type: Article

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