Sensing Approaches for Precision Agriculture (eBook)

Sensing Approaches for Precision Agriculture aims to bring together the 'state of the art' of the most popular sensing techniques and the current state of research on the application of sensors in Precision Agriculture (PA). Sensing is of great value in PA because it provides cheap and immediate data for management. This book gives a broad overview of sensing in PA and a coherent introduction for new professionals and research scientists. Readers are introduced to the potential applications of a range of different sensors, how they should be used properly and their limitations for use in PA. Chapters on specific topics and case studies provide depth and enable implementation of the methods by users. A general introduction about sensing techniques in PA is followed by Chapters 2-9 on the most important specific techniques in sensing and Chapters 10-13 include mini-case studies, each showing cutting-edge applications for different sensing methods. Finally, there is an Epilogue on how we expect sensors and analysis to develop.

Ruth Kerry: Trained in the UK at the Universities of Oxford (BA, MA Oxon.) and Reading (MSc and PhD) in Geography and Soil Spatial Analysis for Precision Agriculture, respectively, Ruth has been based in the Geography Department at Brigham Young University in Utah, USA since receiving her PhD in 2004.She was hired as an Associate Professor at Brigham Young University in January 2021. She is also an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences at Auburn University, Alabama, USA (2017-2022). Her research has involved mapping and spatial statistics for precision agriculture, soil studies and other applications. She has collaborated on research projects with academics in the UK, USA, Europe, Iran and Chile across a range of precision agriculture and soil science topics. Along with her own research publications, she has a broad overview of the subjects of precision agriculture and spatial analysis having served as guest editor of two special issues of the journal, Precision Agriculture (2008 and 2019) featuring articles from ECPA conferences and a double special issue of Geographical Analysison geostatistical applications. She has attended ECPA conferences since 2003 and has served on the scientific review committee for the last several meetings. She serves on the editorial board for Precision Agriculture (Springer) and is currently the treasurer of the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA).