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System and method for remote monitoring of water stress status of growing crops

  • US 6,597,991 B1
  • Filed: 03/28/2001
  • Issued: 07/22/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for evaluating the water stress status of growing crops, including the steps of:

  • providing, at a preselected location within a predetermined proximity to a selected crop-growing area, a reference array for reference parameter measurements;

    measuring, in the vicinity of the crops and in the vicinity of the reference array, a plurality of measurements of a predetermined set of environmental parameters;

    measuring, for the crops and for the reference array, a plurality of measurements of a predetermined set of physical parameters wherein each measurement includes a physical parameter measurement and the location at which the physical parameter was measured;

    identifying, by means of the location measurement associated with each physical parameter measurement, those measurements of physical parameters pertaining to the reference array, and those measurements of physical parameters pertaining to the crop-growing area; and

    employing the measured parameters for the crop-growing area and those for the reference array for evaluating the water stress status of the crops growing in the crop-growing area.

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