Researchers develop new tool for optimizing irrigation


"estimates evapotranspiration water loss from soils... 100X faster maintaining high accuracy... crunch data near real time... knowing where best position moisture sensors and drippers... enhanced Kalman filter and maximum likelihood estimation, start with predictions based on available measured, reduce uncertainties based on subsequent measurements... only took about 10 minutes"

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