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The main objectives of the study were to determine the suitability of the sensor in terms of sound cone determination, angle errors, crosstalk errors and field measurements. Different laboratory tests were performed to check the suitability of a commercial long-range ultrasonic sensor, as were the experimental determination of the sound cone diameter at several distances for several target materials, the determination of the influence of the angle of incidence of the sound wave on the target and distance on the accuracy of measurements for several materials and the determination of the importance of the errors due to interference between sensors for different sensor spacings and distances for two different materials. Furthermore, sensor accuracy was tested under real field conditions. The results show that the studied sensor is appropriate for olive trees because the sound cone is narrower for an olive tree than for the other studied materials, the olive tree canopy does not have a large influence on the sensor accuracy with respect to distance and angle, the interference errors are insignificant for high sensor spacings and the sensor\u2019s field distance measurements were deemed sufficiently accurate.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s150202902","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,1,28]],"date-time":"2015-01-28T09:54:57Z","timestamp":1422438897000},"page":"2902-2919","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Testing Accuracy of Long-Range Ultrasonic Sensors for Olive Tree Canopy Measurements"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Juan","family":"Gamarra-Diezma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Dpto. de Ingenier\u00eda Rural, \u00c1rea de Mecanizaci\u00f3n y Tecnolog\u00eda Rural, Universidad de C\u00f3rdoba, C\u00f3rdoba 14005, Spain"}]},{"given":"Antonio","family":"Miranda-Fuentes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dpto. de Ingenier\u00eda Rural, \u00c1rea de Mecanizaci\u00f3n y Tecnolog\u00eda Rural, Universidad de C\u00f3rdoba, C\u00f3rdoba 14005, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4625-1860","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jordi","family":"Llorens","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dpto. de Ingenier\u00eda Rural, \u00c1rea de Mecanizaci\u00f3n y Tecnolog\u00eda Rural, Universidad de C\u00f3rdoba, C\u00f3rdoba 14005, Spain"}]},{"given":"Andr\u00e9s","family":"Cuenca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dpto. de Ingenier\u00eda Rural, \u00c1rea de Mecanizaci\u00f3n y Tecnolog\u00eda Rural, Universidad de C\u00f3rdoba, C\u00f3rdoba 14005, Spain"}]},{"given":"Gregorio","family":"Blanco-Rold\u00e1n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dpto. de Ingenier\u00eda Rural, \u00c1rea de Mecanizaci\u00f3n y Tecnolog\u00eda Rural, Universidad de C\u00f3rdoba, C\u00f3rdoba 14005, Spain"}]},{"given":"Antonio","family":"Rodr\u00edguez-Lizana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dpto. de Ingenier\u00eda Aeroespacial y Mec\u00e1nica de Fluidos, \u00c1rea de Ingenier\u00eda Agroforestal, Universidad de Sevilla, Ctra. de Utrera, km 1. 41013 Sevilla, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,1,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"FAO FAOSTAT. 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