VARIwise: A general-purpose adaptive control simulation framework for spatially and temporally varied irrigation at sub-field scale

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• 作者：Alison C. McCarthy ; Nigel H. Hancock ; Steven R. Raine
• 关键词：Variable-rate irrigation ; Centre pivot ; Lateral move ; Management ; Automation
• 刊名：Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：January 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：70
• 期：1
• 页码：117-128
• 全文大小：3374 K

文摘

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.