A remote irrigation monitoring and control system (RIMCS) for continuous move systems. Part B: Field testing and results

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-26

  Chávez, José L ^a   Pierce, Francis J ^b   Elliott, Todd V ^b   Evans, Robert G ^c   Kim, Yunseop ^c   Iversen, William M ^c  

^a Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Precision irrigation; System evaluation; Variable rate application; Wireless control

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CONTROL SYSTEM; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIELDWORK; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 73949117496     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-009-9110-8     Document Type: Article

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