Predicting ground boom spray drift

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 547-553

  Smith, D B ^a,b,d   Bode, L E ^a,c   Gerard, P D ^d  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b Mississippi State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric stability; Drift; Droplet size; Ground sprayers; Models; Nozzles; Spray deposits; Spray drift; Sprayers; Weather

Indexed keywords

GROUND SPRAYERS; NOZZLE SPRAY BOOM TESTS;

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

SPRAYING;

DRIFT; SPRAYING;

EID: 0034190604     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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