Journal of Sensors

Advanced Sensor Technologies in Agricultural, Environmental, and Ecological Engineering


Publishing date
01 Apr 2021
Status
Closed
Submission deadline
27 Nov 2020

Lead Editor

1Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China

2Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

3Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan, China

4South China Botanical Garden, CAS, Guangzhou, China

5University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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Advanced Sensor Technologies in Agricultural, Environmental, and Ecological Engineering

This issue is now closed for submissions.

Description

The continuous advancements in design, performance, and application of sensors and sensing systems have a strong impact on agricultural, environmental, and ecological engineering. The applications of sensors range from fine scales on a process of a plant cell to large scales such as the global remote sensing survey of agriculture, grassland, and forests. In recent years, manufacturers of agricultural, environmental and ecological machinery have been incorporating an increasing amount of advanced sensor technology into their precision farming and environmental equipment, such as portable photosynthesis systems, soil carbon flux monitoring, time domain reflectometry, and soil salinity monitoring.

In recent years, the applications of sensors in agricultural, environmental, and ecological engineering have been greatly improved. For example, sensors in portable photosynthesis systems are widely used for analyzing photosynthesis and related mechanisms. These practices can be very useful in monitoring a range of plants under various conditions, such as biotic or abiotic stress, base manure, density, temperature, light, moisture, and nutrient availability. Nevertheless, the study of the applications of sensors in agricultural, environmental, and ecological engineering is relatively weak. Strengthening these studies will inevitably lead to a revolution in these fields.

This Special Issue will emphasize the practical applications of sensors in each area of agricultural, environmental, and ecological engineering. High quality research papers dealing with any aspect of agricultural, environmental, and ecological monitoring are encouraged. Preference is given to papers from experimental and observational research at the field, system, or landscape level, from studies that enhance our understanding of sensors and applications of agricultural, environmental, and ecological monitoring, and papers that bridge scientific disciplines and integrate knowledge. Observing and evaluating the agricultural, environmental, and ecological quality by using remote sensing technology are also of interest for this Issue. It will examine various sensors to estimate exposure at both the individual and population levels and also focuses on the development of sensors related to the management of various renewable natural resources in, for instance, agriculture, grassland, and forests. This Special Issue will consider original research and review articles reporting theoretical, simulation, or experimental studies related to monitoring and landscape-level observation by using remote sensing technologies.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

  • Sensors and applications in farming practices
  • Sensors and applications in plant growth, development and stored
  • Crop growth estimation using optical remote sensing data
  • The response of animals, plants, and microorganisms to environmental changes, observed, recorded, or monitored by sensor technologies
  • Sensors and applications in natural environments, including land, air, and water (including stream, river, reservoir, wetland, and sea)
  • Sensors and applications in agricultural, environmental, and ecological engineering from both field and laboratory
  • Sensors and applications in molecular biology
  • Sensors and applications in metabolite detection
  • Global and regional observations on the earth’s environment (such as the carbon cycle, urban heat island effect, urban land cover, etc.) and the resulting technical challenges
  • Environmental monitoring, modelling, and impact analysis

Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2021
  • - Article ID 6625774
  • - Research Article

The Potential Scattering Model for Oil Palm Phenology Based on Spaceborne X-, C-, and L-Band Polarimetric SAR Imaging

Soni Darmawan | Ita Carolita | ... | Yohanes Kunto
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2021
  • - Article ID 6662769
  • - Research Article

A Novel Sensor for In Situ Detection of Freeze-Thaw Characteristics in Plants from Stem Temperature and Water Content Measurements

Chao Gao | Hao Tian | Yandong Zhao
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2021
  • - Article ID 6610178
  • - Research Article

The Release of Endogenous Nitrogen and Phosphorus in the Danjiangkou Reservoir: A Double-Membrane Diffusion Model Analysis

Zhiqi Wang | Hongxin Ren | ... | Guodong Ji
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2021
  • - Article ID 8875606
  • - Research Article

Unmanned Aircraft System- (UAS-) Based High-Throughput Phenotyping (HTP) for Tomato Yield Estimation

Anjin Chang | Jinha Jung | ... | Juan R. Anciso
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2021
  • - Article ID 6617437
  • - Research Article

Effects of Subsurface Drip Irrigation on Water Consumption and Yields of Alfalfa under Different Water and Fertilizer Conditions

Xuesong Cao | Yayang Feng | ... | Changfu Tong
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2021
  • - Article ID 8872947
  • - Research Article

Weighted Mask R-CNN for Improving Adjacent Boundary Segmentation

SungMin Suh | Yongeun Park | ... | SungHwan Kim
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2021
  • - Article ID 6658059
  • - Research Article

Effects of Micropore Group Spacing and Irrigation Amount on Soil Respiration and Yield of Tomato with Microsprinkler Irrigation under Plastic Film in Greenhouse

Mingzhi Zhang | Xiaoqun Yan | ... | Yuqing Yin
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 8815940
  • - Research Article

Estimation of Leaf Water Use Efficiency Threshold Values for Water Stress in Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Qiu Xinqiang | Zhang Yushun | ... | Lu Zhenguang
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 8874468
  • - Research Article

Computational Fluid Dynamics-Based Simulation of Crop Canopy Temperature and Humidity in Double-Film Solar Greenhouse

Wei Jiao | Qi Liu | ... | Na Ta
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 8849419
  • - Research Article

Effect of Microsprinkler Irrigation under Plastic Film on Photosynthesis and Fruit Yield of Greenhouse Tomato

Mingzhi Zhang | Zhenguang Lu | ... | Yanping Wang
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