A simulation of release height and wind speed effects for drift minimization

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 583-591

  Teske, M E ^a  

^a Continuum Dynamics Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial spraying; Drift; Modeling; Release height; Sensitivity; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP FORMATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NOZZLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS;

AERIAL SPRAYING; DRIFT; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RELEASE HEIGHT; WIND SPEED EFFECTS;

SPRAYING;

DRIFT; DROPLET; PREDICTION MODEL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPRAYING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0033508086     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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