System and method for automatically monitoring soil surface roughness

A system for automatically monitoring soil surface roughness as a ground-engaging operation is being performed within a field using a work vehicle towing an implement, the system comprising:

• at least one non-contact soil roughness sensor configured to capture data associated with a soil roughness of the field as the ground-engaging operation is being performed;
• a controller commutatively coupled to the at least one non-contact soil roughness sensor, the controller including a processor and associated memory, the memory storing instructions that, when implemented by the processor, configure the controller to:
• receive, from the at least one non-contact soil roughness sensor, pre-operation surface roughness data associated with a given portion of the field, the pre-operation surface roughness data corresponding to surface roughness data for the given portion of the field capture prior to the ground-engaging operation being performed thereon;
• receive, from the at least one non-contact soil roughness sensor, post-operation surface roughness data associated with the given portion of the field, the post-operation surface roughness data corresponding to surface roughness data for the given portion of the field captured after the ground-engaging operation has been performed thereon;
• analyze the pre-operation and post-operation surface roughness data to determine a surface roughness differential associated with the performance of the ground-engaging operation;
• and
• actively adjust the operation of at least one of the work vehicle or the implement when the surface roughness differential differs from a target set for the surface roughness differential.