A simple guide to predicting aircraft spray drift

Crop Protection

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 475-482

  Craig, Ian ^a   Woods, Nicholas ^a   Dorr, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Gaussian Diffusion Model; Spray drift deposition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; AIRCRAFT; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPRAYING;

AEROSOL; AIRCRAFT; DISPERSAL; PESTICIDE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032144021     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(98)00006-4     Document Type: Article

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