Validation of model predicting solid fertilizer deposition from a fixed wing aircraft

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2015

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 3194-3208

  Chok, S E ^a   Grafton, M C E ^a   Yule, I J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aerial topdressing; Differential rate application technology; Fertilizer spreading; Granular; Modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIRCRAFT; FERTILIZERS; FIXED WINGS; MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TRACKING (POSITION); UREA;

AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT; AMMONIUM PHOSPHATES; APPLICATION TECHNOLOGIES; GRANULAR; GRANULAR FERTILIZERS; LATERAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE SUPERPHOSPHATE;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84951919759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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