Paper Info
Title
Testing the Suitability of a Terrestrial 2D LiDAR Scanner for Canopy Characterization of Greenhouse Tomato Crops.
Abstract
Canopy characterization is essential for pesticide dosage adjustment according to vegetation volume and density. It is especially important for fresh exportable vegetables like greenhouse tomatoes. These plants are thin and tall and are planted in pairs, which makes their characterization with electronic methods difficult. Therefore, the accuracy of the terrestrial 2D LiDAR sensor is evaluated for determining canopy parameters related to volume and density and established useful correlations between manual and electronic parameters for leaf area estimation. Experiments were performed in three commercial tomato greenhouses with a paired plantation system. In the electronic characterization, a LiDAR sensor scanned the plant pairs from both sides. The canopy height, canopy width, canopy volume, and leaf area were obtained. From these, other important parameters were calculated, like the tree row volume, leaf wall area, leaf area index, and leaf area density. Manual measurements were found to overestimate the parameters compared with the LiDAR sensor. The canopy volume estimated with the scanner was found to be reliable for estimating the canopy height, volume, and density. Moreover, the LiDAR scanner could assess the high variability in canopy density along rows and hence is an important tool for generating canopy maps.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.3390/s16091435
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
greenhouse,tomato crop,LiDAR sensor,canopy characterization,Leaf Area Index (LAI)
Leaf area index,Vegetation,Crop,Remote sensing,Greenhouse,Lidar,Scanner,Engineering,Area density,Canopy
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
16
9.0
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.41
5
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jordi Llop1526.88
Emilio Gil26510.44
Jordi Llorens3689.56
Antonio Miranda-Fuentes461.29
Montserrat Gallart5132.43