01605naa a2200217 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400490006010000190010924500750012826000090020352009410021265000160115365000160116965300220118565300330120765300250124070000210126570000190128677300820130510069532020-01-20       1983    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(1983)109:3(213)2DOI1 aHUBBARD, K. G.  aAutomated weather data network for agriculture.h[electronic resource]  c1983  aA system has been developed in Nebraska to automatically collect hourly weather data from remote agricultural weather stations. Standard weather sensors are coupled to an on-site microprocessor. A central minicomputer regularly interrogates the microprocessor, quality-checks the incoming weather data and transfers it to a larger mainframe computer. Weather-data-based programs are available to users of the mainframe computer through the AGNET system (a management tool for agriculture). Programs are currently available for such applications as irrigation scheduling, estimating energy requirements for grain drying, predicting stage and rate of crop development and predicting livestock weight gains. Nebraska now has 17 stations and the number is increasing rapidly since initial costs are low, site requirements are simple, and maintenance is minimal. As a result, interest is increasing in the use of near-real time weather data.  aAgriculture  aAgricultura  aDados climáticos  aWeather data for agriculture  aWeather data network1 aROSENBERG, N. J.1 aNIELSEN, D. C.  tWater Resources Planning and Managementgv. 109, n. 3, p. 213-222, July 1983.