Remote sensing and control of an irrigation system using a distributed wireless sensor network

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1379-1387

  Kim, Yunseop ^a   Evans, Robert G ^a   Iversen, William M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Control systems; Measurement; Portable radio communication; Sensors; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ARID AREAS; COMMUNICATION SIGNALS; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; FIELD CONDITIONS; GRAPHIC USER INTERFACES; IN FIELDS; IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENTS; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; PORTABLE RADIO COMMUNICATION; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; PROGRAMMING LOGIC; REAL-TIME CONTROLS; REMOTE ACCESS; SITE SPECIFICS; SOIL PROPERTIES; VARIABLE RATE IRRIGATIONS; VARIABLE RATES;

ACCESS CONTROL; ARID REGIONS; BASE STATIONS; BLUETOOTH; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CONTROLLERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIO; RADIO COMMUNICATION; REAL TIME CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR NETWORKS; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 59949097218     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2008.917198     Document Type: Article

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