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Many yield maps exhibit systematic errors that attenuate the underlying yield variation. Two errors are dealt with in detail in this paper: those that occur when the harvester has a narrow finish to a land and those that occur when the harvester is filling up at the start of a harvest run. The authors propose methods to correct or remove erroneous data by the use of an expert filter, or alternatively use of an interpolation technique called potential mapping.
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Blackmore, S. Remedial Correction of Yield Map Data. Precision Agriculture 1, 53–66 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009969601387
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