Improving flow response of a variable-rate aerial application system by interactive refinement

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-104

  Thomson, Steven J ^a   Huang, Yanbo ^a   Hanks, James E ^a   Martin, Daniel E ^b   Smith, Lowrey A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b 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; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SITE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT; VARIABLE RATE;

DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL STORAGE; EXPERIMENTS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FLOWMETERS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MANUFACTURE; PUMPS;

ALGORITHMS;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHM; CONTROL SYSTEM; DATA ACQUISITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GPS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956901267     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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