Evaluating whole field irrigation performance using statistical inference of inter-furrow infiltration variation

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-143

  Gillies, M H ^a,b   Smith, R J ^a,b   Raine, S R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

FURROW IRRIGATION; INFILTRATION CHARACTERISTIC; INFILTRATION MEASUREMENT; INFILTRATION PARAMETERS; IRRIGATION PERFORMANCE; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL INFERENCE;

INFILTRATION;

EID: 80052959922     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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