Monitoring soil water status for micro-irrigation management versus modelling approach

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 286-296

  Arbat, G ^a   Puig Bargues J ^a   Barragan J ^b   Bonany, J ^c   Ramirez de Cartagena F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSORS; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); WATER CONTENT;

INVERSE CALIBRATION; SOIL WATER CONTENTS;

SOILS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 43849106074     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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