Abstract
Monitoring soil moisture is helpful for assuring crop’s quality and reducing the risk of inappropriate irrigation. Manual retrieval of data from the field is time consuming as both setting up and maintaining the soil meter needs labors. In this paper, the possibility of using automotive radar to measure the soil moisture information is investigated. It shows the correlation between the radar backscatter and the soil moisture that can extend the application of automotive radar to agriculture. Given that the automotive radar can be easily mounted into vehicles and agricultural machinery, the preliminary trial shows that the automotive radar has the potential for saving time and increasing the accuracy of soil moisture monitoring to help with irrigation decisions.
Original language | English (US) |
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DOIs | |
State | Published - 2018 |
Event | ASABE 2018 Annual International Meeting - Detroit, United States Duration: Jul 29 2018 → Aug 1 2018 |
Conference
Conference | ASABE 2018 Annual International Meeting |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Detroit |
Period | 7/29/18 → 8/1/18 |
Keywords
- Automotive radar
- Millimeter wave
- Soil moisture
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Bioengineering
- Agronomy and Crop Science