A remote irrigation monitoring and control system for continuous move systems. Part A: Description and development

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Chávez, José L ^a   Pierce, Francis J ^b   Elliott, Todd V ^b   Evans, Robert G ^c  

^a Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Center pivot; Lateral move; Precision irrigation; Variable rate application; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CONTROL SYSTEM; GPS; INTERNET; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MONITORING SYSTEM; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOFTWARE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

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EID: 73949139944     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-009-9109-1     Document Type: Article

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