The Silsoe Spray Drift Model: A model of spray drift for the assessment of non-target exposures to pesticides

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-177

  Butler Ellis, M C ^a   Miller, P C H ^a  

^a The Arable Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOZZLE DESIGN; PESTICIDES;

COMPUTER MODELING; CURRENT FIELDS; EXTENDED MODEL; FLAT FAN NOZZLE; FORWARD SPEED; GROUND DEPOSITS; INHALED SPRAY; PARTICLE TRACKING MODELS;

SPRAY NOZZLES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77958508437     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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