Calibrating ultrasonic sensor measurements of crop canopy heights: a case study of maize and wheat

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第一作者： Zheng, Yudong

作者： Zheng, Yudong;Hui, Xin;Shoukat, Muhammad Rizwan;Wang, Yunling;Wang, Zhongwei;Ma, Feng;Yan, Haijun;Zheng, Yudong;Cai, Dongyu;Cai, Dongyu;Wang, Yunling;Yan, Haijun

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关键词： ultrasonic sensor; canopy height; maize; wheat; normalized difference vegetative index; calibration mode

期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE （ 影响因子：4.1； 五年影响因子：5.3 ）

ISSN： 1664-462X

年卷期： 2024 年 15 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Canopy height serves as an important dynamic indicator of crop growth in the decision-making process of field management. Compared with other commonly used canopy height measurement techniques, ultrasonic sensors are inexpensive and can be exposed in fields for long periods of time to obtain easy-to-process data. However, the acoustic wave characteristics and crop canopy structure affect the measurement accuracy. To improve the ultrasonic sensor measurement accuracy, a four-year (2018-2021) field experiment was conducted on maize and wheat, and a measurement platform was developed. A series of single-factor experiments were conducted to investigate the significant factors affecting measurements, including the observation angle (0-60 degrees), observation height (0.5-2.5 m), observation period (8:00-18:00), platform moving speed with respect to the crop (0-2.0 m min(-1)), planting density (0.2-1 time of standard planting density), and growth stage (maize from three-leaf to harvest period and wheat from regreening to maturity period). The results indicated that both the observation angle and planting density significantly affected the results of ultrasonic measurements (p-value< 0.05), whereas the effects of other factors on measurement accuracy were negligible (p-value > 0.05). Moreover, a double-input factor calibration model was constructed to assess canopy height under different years by utilizing the normalized difference vegetation index and ultrasonic measurements. The model was developed by employing the least-squares method, and ultrasonic measurement accuracy was significantly improved when integrating the measured value of canopy heights and the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). The maize measurement accuracy had a root mean squared error (RMSE) ranging from 81.4 mm to 93.6 mm, while the wheat measurement accuracy had an RMSE from 37.1 mm to 47.2 mm. The research results effectively combine stable and low-cost commercial sensors with ground-based agricultural machinery platforms, enabling efficient and non-destructive acquisition of crop height information.

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