VARIwise: a general-purpose adaptive control simulation framework for spatially and temporally varied irrigation at sub-field scale
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Article Title | VARIwise: a general-purpose adaptive control simulation framework for spatially and temporally varied irrigation at sub-field scale |
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ERA Journal ID | 41630 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | McCarthy, Alison (Author), Hancock, Nigel (Author) and Raine, Steven R. (Author) |
Journal Title | Computers and Electronics in Agriculture |
Journal Citation | 70 (1), pp. 117-128 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2010 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
ISSN | 0168-1699 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2009.09.011 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=PublicationURL&_tockey=%23TOC%235006%232010%23999299998%231578112%23FLA%23&_cdi=5006&_pubType=J&_auth=y&_acct=C000052720&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1472215&md5=f23f5ba8049e6e050072e3a448ea04fc |
Abstract | Irrigation control strategies may be used to improve the site-specific irrigation of cotton via lateral move and centre pivot irrigation machines. A simulation framework ‘VARIwise’ has been created to aid the development, evaluation and management of spatially and temporally varied site-specific irrigation control strategies. VARIwise accommodates sub-field scale variations in all input parameters using a 1 m2 cell size, and permits application of differing control strategies within the field, as well as differing irrigation amounts down to this scale. In this paper the motivation and objectives for the creation of VARIwise are discussed, the structure of the software is outlined and an example of the use and utility of VARIwise is presented. Three irrigation control strategies have been simulated in VARIwise using a cotton model with a range of input parameters including spatially variable soil properties, non-uniform irrigation application, three weather profiles and two crop varieties. The simulated yield and water use efficiency were affected by the combination of input parameters and the control strategy implemented. |
Keywords | irrigation scheduling; adaptive control; automation; water use efficiency; spatial variability |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300205. Agricultural production systems simulation |
400799. Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics not elsewhere classified | |
300201. Agricultural hydrology | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9z41x/variwise-a-general-purpose-adaptive-control-simulation-framework-for-spatially-and-temporally-varied-irrigation-at-sub-field-scale
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