Development of a visual monitoring system for water balance estimation of horticultural crops using low cost cameras

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 141, Issue , 2017, Pages 15-26

  Gonzalez Esquiva J M ^a   Oates, M J ^b   Garcia Mateos G ^c   Moros Valle, B ^c   Molina Martinez J M ^a   Ruiz Canales, A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Camera modules; Canopy cover; Computer vision; Irrigation scheduling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CAMERAS; CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER VISION; COSTS; CROPS; DIGITAL STORAGE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION; SCHEDULING; USER INTERFACES; WATER SUPPLY;

CAMERA MODULES; CANOPY COVER; CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURES; COMPUTER VISION ALGORITHMS; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE COMPONENTS; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; VISUAL MONITORING SYSTEMS; WATER BALANCE ESTIMATION;

MONITORING;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALGORITHM; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER VISION; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HORTICULTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE;

EID: 85024098913     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2017.07.001     Document Type: Article

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