A review of center pivot irrigation control and automation technologies

ASABE - 5th National Decennial Irrigation Conference 2010, Held in Conjunction with Irrigation Show 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 286-299

  Kranz, William L ^a   Evans, Robert G ^b   Lamm, Freddie R ^c   O'Shaughnessy, Susan A ^b   Peters, Troy G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed sensor networks; Site specific irrigation; Variable rate irrigation; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

CELL PHONE; CENTER PIVOT; CENTER-PIVOT IRRIGATION; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS; CONTROL AND AUTOMATION; CONTROL PANELS; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS; ELECTRONIC SENSORS; EQUIPMENT CONTROL; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; INTERNET BASED SYSTEM; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LATERAL MOVE; MANAGEMENT ZONES; MARKET SUPPLIERS; REMOTE ACCESS; SATELLITE RADIO; SITE-SPECIFIC; VARIABLE RATE IRRIGATIONS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MANUFACTURE; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

IRRIGATION;

EID: 79955078093     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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