Evaluation of application accuracy and performance of a hydraulically operated variable-rate aerial application system

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 715-722

  Thomson, S J ^a   Smith, L A ^a   Hanks, J E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial application; Automatic flow control; Precision agriculture; Site specific management; Variable rate application

Indexed keywords

AERIAL APPLICATION; AUTOMATIC FLOW CONTROL; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT; VARIABLE-RATE APPLICATION;

AGRICULTURE; AIRCRAFT; DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW RATE; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; TIME MEASUREMENT; WATERWORKS;

CONTROLLERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRCRAFT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW CONTROL; FLOWMETER; GPS; HYDRAULICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650517680     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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