Irrigation control system
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Abstract
An irrigation control system for land comprising: (a) at least one meter to measure one or more wheather conditions in a first area; (b) at least one monitor to (i) examine rainfall data derived from a radar scanning at least the first area according to pre-determined criteria and (ii) to extract data which is representative of the scanned rainfall in a subarea of the first area; (c) a store to store the extracted data; and (d) a controller connected directly or indirectly to the meter and the monitor and to the store, to calculate a moisture content value for the subarea and a predetermined moisture content value for the sub-area, and to regulate the irrigation in a sub-area.
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36 Claims
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16. An irrigation control system for land comprising:
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a monitor that examines rainfall data derived from a radar scanning at least a first area and generates information representative of the rainfall in said first area; and
a controller connected to the monitor to regulate the irrigation of said area in accordance with said information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An irrigation system comprising:
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a monitor receiving information from a radar unit and generating from said information rainfall data indicative of the amount of rain falling in an area;
an irrigation apparatus including water delivery means and a controller receiving said rainfall data and controlling said water delivery means in accordance with said rainfall data. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of irrigating an area comprising the steps of:
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monitoring rain fall remotely from said area;
generating rainfall data indicative of said rainfall; and
controlling delivery of water to said area in accordance with said rainfall data. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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