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Irrigation Management

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Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing

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Synonyms

Irrigation automation; Irrigation scheduling; Precision irrigation; Site-specific irrigation

Definition

Irrigation management. The decision process and action of applying a chosen depth of irrigation water using a chosen application method at a chosen time to achieve defined agronomic and economic objectives.

Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. An electronic hardware and software system that acquires data from sensors and controls the operations of other hardware in a supervisory fashion.

Irrigation automation. The use of in situ, remotely sensed, or near-surface remotely sensed crop, soil, and micrometeorological properties sensed by a supervisory control and data acquisition system as inputs to a decision-making algorithm in the system, which then applies defined amounts of water at defined times automatically through control of an integrated irrigation application system.

Introduction

Irrigation has been practiced around the world for thousands of...

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  1. USDA-ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, 79012, Bushland, TX, USA

    Steven R. Evett, Paul D. Colaizzi & Susan A. O’Shaughnessy

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  3. USDA-ARS, Sidney, MT, USA

    Robert G. Evans

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Evett, S.R., Colaizzi, P.D., O’Shaughnessy, S.A., Hunsaker, D.J., Evans, R.G. (2014). Irrigation Management. In: Njoku, E.G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36699-9_73

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