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@ARTICLE{Brogi:1005195,
author = {Brogi, Cosimo and Pisinaras, Vassilios and Köhli, Markus
and Dombrowski, Olga and Hendricks Franssen, Harrie-Jan and
Babakos, Konstantinos and Chatzi, Anna and Panagopoulos,
Andreas and Bogena, Heye Reemt},
title = {{M}onitoring {I}rrigation in {S}mall {O}rchards with
{C}osmic-{R}ay {N}eutron {S}ensors},
journal = {Sensors},
volume = {23},
number = {5},
issn = {1424-8220},
address = {Basel},
publisher = {MDPI},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-01364},
pages = {2378},
year = {2023},
abstract = {Due to their unique characteristics, cosmic-ray neutron
sensors (CRNSs) have potential inmonitoring and informing
irrigation management, and thus optimising the use of water
resources inagriculture. However, practical methods to
monitor small, irrigated fields with CRNSs are currentlynot
available and the challenges of targeting areas smaller than
the CRNS sensing volume are mostlyunaddressed. In this
study, CRNSs are used to continuously monitor soil moisture
(SM) dynamics intwo irrigated apple orchards (Agia, Greece)
of ~1.2 ha. The CRNS-derived SM was compared to areference
SM obtained by weighting a dense sensor network. In the 2021
irrigation period, CRNSscould only capture the timing of
irrigation events, and an ad hoc calibration resulted in
improvementsonly in the hours before irrigation (RMSE
between 0.020 and 0.035). In 2022, a correction based
onneutron transport simulations, and on SM measurements from
a non-irrigated location, was tested.In the nearby irrigated
field, the proposed correction improved the CRNS-derived SM
(from 0.052to 0.031 RMSE) and, most importantly, allowed for
monitoring the magnitude of SM dynamics thatare due to
irrigation. The results are a step forward in using CRNSs as
a decision support system inirrigation management.},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {620},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {2173 - Agro-biogeosystems: controls, feedbacks and impact
(POF4-217)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2173},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {36904581},
UT = {WOS:000947410600001},
doi = {10.3390/s23052378},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1005195},
}