Evaluating the accuracy of soil water sensors for irrigation scheduling to conserve freshwater

Applied Water Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-125

  Ganjegunte, Girisha K ^a   Sheng, Zhuping ^a   Clark, John A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid regions; Freshwater conservation; Irrigated pecans; Irrigation scheduling; Real time soil moisture data; Soil moisture sensors; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CROPS; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE CONTROL; SCHEDULING; WATER CONTENT; WATERMARKING;

FRESH WATER; FRESHWATER CONSERVATION; IRRIGATED PECAN; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; MOISTURE DATA; REAL TIME SOIL MOISTURE DATA; REAL- TIME; SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WATER SCARCITY;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARID REGION; FRESHWATER; IRRIGATION; SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; TENSIOMETER;

CALIBRATION; FARM CROPS; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE; SCHEDULING; SENSORS; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

EL PASO; TEXAS; TRANS-PECOS; UNITED STATES;

CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; PECOS;

EID: 84878163528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-012-0032-7     Document Type: Article

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