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Sensor-Based Platform for Evaluation of Atmospheric Carbon Sequestration's Potential by Maize Crops

Authors:
Paulo Cruvinel
Luiz Colnago

Keywords: light-band sensors; carbon sequestration; agricultural sensor; intelligent instrumentation.

Abstract:
The development of sensor-based techniques has been allowing advanced studies for agriculture’s decision support systems. This paper discusses an innovative sensor-based method for the evaluation of CO2 sequestration potential, from atmosphere, by agricultural crop environment. This study has led to new insights into the management crop field for food and biomass production for energy. It also bringing together information related to the carbon sequestration potential, which can allow opportunities not only for the use of sensors and related techniques in soil science but also the value aggregation for the agricultural process and environmental care. In fact, for validation, it has been used an experimental maize crop area and studies about dynamics atmospheric carbon sequestration potential were evaluated using indexes related to the normalized difference vegetation and the modified chlorophyll absorption in reflective, both calculated with data acquired using a multispectral sensor together with three other sensors for solar light intensity, soil water content, and air temperature measurements. Results have shown the spatial variability of the carbon sequestration potential, as well as its temporal variability when considering different phenomenological phases of the maize culture. Furthermore, positive correlation with plant management and the carbon sequestration potential has been found, i.e., leading to an adequate new sensor-based descriptor for atmospheric carbon sequestration by plants evaluation.

Pages: 31 to 36

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2025

Publication date: May 18, 2025

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-836X

ISBN: 978-1-68558-273-9

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from May 18, 2025 to May 22, 2025