CrossVit: enhancing canopy monitoring management practices in viticulture

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 7652 - 7667
• Main Authors: Matese, Alessandro, Vaccari, Francesco Primo, Tomasi, Diego, Di Gennaro, Salvatore Filippo, Primicerio, Jacopo, Sabatini, Francesco, Guidoni, Silvia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 13.06.2013; Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
• Subjects: Agriculture; canopy microclimate; Embedded systems; Energy consumption; Humidity; Power; Radiation; Sensors; Surveillance; viticulture; Wineries & vineyards; wireless sensor network; ZigBee; Italy

A new wireless sensor network (WSN), called CrossVit, and based on MEMSIC products, has been tested for two growing seasons in two vineyards in Italy. The aims are to evaluate the monitoring performances of the new WSN directly in the vineyard and collect air temperature, air humidity and solar radi...