Calibrating soil water potential sensors integrated into a wireless monitoring network

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-20

  Nolz, R ^a   Kammerer, G ^a   Cepuder, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calibration; Irrigation management; MPS 1; Telemetry; Watermark

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CALIBRATION FUNCTIONS; DATA AVAILABILITY; INTEGRATED SENSORS; INTERNET ACCESS; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; MPS-1; POWER FUNCTIONS; SOIL LAYER; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SOIL WATER STATUS; WATER POTENTIAL; WATERMARK; WIRELESS MONITORING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CALIBRATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TELEMETERING; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; WATERMARKING; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

SENSORS;

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; INSTALLATION; INTERNET; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MONITORING SYSTEM; SENSOR; SOIL WATER; TELEMETRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870262459     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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