Method for determining field readiness using soil moisture modeling
First Claim
1. A method for determining field readiness using moisture modeling of a plurality of fields in a region of interest, each field of said plurality of fields being divided into a plurality of field elements, comprising:
- (a) generating a detailed set of moisture factors covering a plurality of scenarios for each field element of said plurality of field elements for a particular field;
(b) repeating act (a) for each field of said region of interest;
(c) generating a general set of moisture factors for a particular field of said plurality of fields to be applied to each field element of said plurality of field elements in said particular field;
(d) repeating act (c) for each field of said plurality of fields in said region of interest; and
(e) estimating soil moisture for each field element in said region of interest based on said detailed set of moisture factors and said general set of moisture factors.
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Abstract
A method for determining field readiness using moisture modeling of a plurality of fields in a region of interest includes (a) generating a detailed set of moisture factors covering a plurality of scenarios for each field element of the plurality of field elements for a particular field; (b) repeating act (a) for each field of the region of interest; (c) generating a general set of moisture factors for a particular field of the plurality of fields to be applied to each field element of the plurality of field elements in the particular field; (d) repeating act (c) for each field of the plurality of fields in the region of interest; and (e) estimating soil moisture for each field element in the region of interest based on the detailed set of moisture factors and the general set of moisture factors.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for determining field readiness using moisture modeling of a plurality of fields in a region of interest, each field of said plurality of fields being divided into a plurality of field elements, comprising:
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(a) generating a detailed set of moisture factors covering a plurality of scenarios for each field element of said plurality of field elements for a particular field; (b) repeating act (a) for each field of said region of interest; (c) generating a general set of moisture factors for a particular field of said plurality of fields to be applied to each field element of said plurality of field elements in said particular field; (d) repeating act (c) for each field of said plurality of fields in said region of interest; and (e) estimating soil moisture for each field element in said region of interest based on said detailed set of moisture factors and said general set of moisture factors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for generating a scouting mission plan, comprising:
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(a) dividing each field of a plurality of fields into a plurality of field elements; (b) generating a detailed set of moisture factors covering a plurality of scenarios for each field element of said plurality of field elements for a particular field; (c) repeating act (b) for each field of said region of interest; (d) generating a general set of moisture factors for a particular field of said plurality of fields to be applied to each field element of said plurality of field elements in said particular field; (e) repeating act (d) for each field of said plurality of fields in said region of interest; (f) estimating soil moisture for each field element in said region of interest based on said detailed set of moisture factors and said general set of moisture factors; (g) constructing a soil moisture map based on a result of said estimating soil moisture; and (h) processing said soil moisture map and a soil type map to generate said scouting mission plan. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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