Site-specific sprinkler irrigation in a water limited future

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 236-257

  Evans, Robert G ^a   King, Bradley A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Control systems; Controls; Decision support; Precision agriculture; Precision irrigation; Sensor systems; Spatial variability; Water management

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORTS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; PRECISION IRRIGATION; SENSOR SYSTEMS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION; LEACHING; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION);

EID: 79955112828     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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