SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TURNING IRRIGATION PIVOTS INTO A SOIL AND PLANT RADAR

A method of automatically managing a center pivot irrigation machine comprising steps of: (a) providing at least one center pivot irrigation machine and positioning said center pivot irrigation machine such that said center pivot irrigation machine is movable within an irrigated plot around a center...

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Hauptverfasser:	AVIEL, Yuval, HARAN, Yossi, SHARF, Yair
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ANIMAL HUSBANDRY APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL ATOMISING APPARATUS CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES FISHING FORESTRY HORTICULTURE HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING NOZZLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SPRAYING APPARATUS SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL TESTING TRANSPORTING TRAPPING WATERING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of automatically managing a center pivot irrigation machine comprising steps of: (a) providing at least one center pivot irrigation machine and positioning said center pivot irrigation machine such that said center pivot irrigation machine is movable within an irrigated plot around a center thereof; (b) providing a ground penetration radar; (c) mounting said ground penetration radar on said center pivot irrigation machine; (d) moving said center pivot irrigation machine about said center of said irrigated plot; (e) scanning said irrigated by said ground penetration radar at frequencies ranging between 200-1200 MHz; (f) calculating a distribution of soil moisture over a depth from a soil surface; and (g) creating an irrigation plan according to said distribution.