Landscape irrigation with evapotranspiration controllers in a humid climate

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 571-580

  Davis, S L ^a   Dukes, M D ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

ET controller; Irrigation; Scheduling; Soil water balance; SWAT; Turfgrass

Indexed keywords

FLORIDA; HIGH WATER; HUMID CLIMATES; IMPLEMENTATION TECHNIQUES; INFORMATION CONCERNING; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION; MULTIPLE RESEARCH; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SWAT; TURFGRASS; WATER SAVING;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAIN; SCHEDULING; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

CONTROL SYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASS; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE; RAINFALL; SOIL WATER; TESTING METHOD; WATER BUDGET; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 84861582443     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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