Air jet velocities in and beyond apple trees from a two-fan cross-flow sprayer

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 611-621

  Svensson, Sven Axel ^a,c   Brazee, Ross D ^b   Fox, Robert D ^b   Williams, Keith A ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c SUAS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air jets; Air velocity measurements; Application technology; Converging air jet; Cross flow fan; Fan sprayer; Orchard spraying; Plant protection

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANEMOMETERS; VELOCITY;

AIR JETS;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AIR JET; CROSSFLOW FAN; FLOW VELOCITY;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0141455894     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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