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      Use of capacitive sensors with the instantaneous profile method to determine hydraulic conductivity Translated title: Utilização de sensores capacitivos no método do perfil instantâneo para obtenção da condutividade hidráulica

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          ABSTRACT Due to the need to monitor soil water tension continuously, the instantaneous profile method is considered laborious, requiring a lot of time, and especially manpower, to set up and maintain. The aim of this work was to evaluate the possibility of using capacitive sensors in place of tensiometers with the instantaneous profile method in an area of the Lower Acaraú Irrigated Perimeter. The experiment was carried out in a Eutrophic Red-Yellow Argisol. The sensors were installed 15, 30, 45 and 60 cm from the surface, and powered by photovoltaic panels, using a power manager to charge the battery and to supply power at night. Records from the capacitive sensors were collected every five minutes and stored on a data acquisition board. With the simultaneous measurement of soil moisture obtained by the sensors, and the total soil water potential from the soil water retention curve, it was possible to determine the hydraulic conductivity as a function of the volumetric water content for each period using the Richards equation. At the end of the experiment, the advantage of using capacitive sensors with the instantaneous profile method was confirmed as an alternative to using a tensiometer. The main advantages of using capacitive sensors were to make the method less laborious and to allow moisture readings at higher tensions in soils of a sandy texture.

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          RESUMO Devido à necessidade de monitoramento da tensão da água no solo de forma contínua, o método do perfil instantâneo é considerado trabalhoso, sendo necessário muito tempo e, principalmente, mão de obra na instalação e manutenção. O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar a possibilidade de utilização de sensores capacitivos no método do perfil instantâneo em substituição aos tensiômetro em uma área do Perímetro Irrigado Baixo Acaraú. O experimento foi realizado em um ARGISSOLO VERMELHO-AMARELO Eutrófico. Os sensores foram instalados a 15; 30; 45 e 60 cm da superfície e alimentados por painéis fotovoltaicos, com gerenciador de energia para carregamento de baterias e fornecimento noturno de energia. Os registros dos sensores capacitivos foram coletados a cada cinco minutos e armazenados em placa de aquisição de dados. Dispondo-se das medidas simultâneas de umidade do solo obtidas pelos sensores, e do potencial total da água no solo, pela curva de retenção de água no solo, foi possível a determinação, para cada período, da condutividade hidráulica em função do conteúdo volumétrico de água, através da equação de Richards. Ao final do experimento pode-se concluir pela vantagem da utilização dos sensores capacitivos no método do perfil instantâneo como alternativa ao uso do tensiômetro. As principais vantagens do uso de sensores capacitivos foi a de tornar o método menos trabalhoso e possibilitar a leitura da umidade em maiores tensões nos solos de textura arenosa.

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              Application of artificial neural networks as an alternative to volumetric water balance in drip irrigation management in watermelon crop

              Precision irrigation seeks to establish strategies which achieve an efficient ratio between the volume of water used (reduction in input) and the productivity obtained (increase in production). There are several studies in the literature on strategies for achieving this efficiency, such as those dealing with the method of volumetric water balance (VWB). However, it is also of great practical and economic interest to set up versatile implementations of irrigation strategies that: (i) maintain the performance obtained with other implementations, (ii) rely on few computational resources, (iii) adapt well to field conditions, and (iv) allow easy modification of the irrigation strategy. In this study, such characteristics are achieved when using an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) to determine the period of irrigation for a watermelon crop in the Irrigation Perimeter of the Lower Acaraú, in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The Volumetric Water Balance was taken as the standard for comparing the management carried out with the proposed implementation of ANN. The statistical analysis demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed management, which is able to replace VWB as a strategy in automation.
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                Contributors
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
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                Journal
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                Revista Ciência Agronômica
                Rev. Ciênc. Agron.
                Universidade Federal do Ceará (Fortaleza, CE, Brazil )
                0045-6888
                1806-6690
                June 2018
                : 49
                : 2
                : 353-362
                Affiliations
                [3] Fortaleza Ceará orgnameUniversidade Federal do Ceará orgdiv1Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola Brazil adunias@ 123456ufc.br
                [2] Fortaleza Ceará orgnameUniversidade Federal do Ceará orgdiv1Departamento de Ciência do Solo Brazil eurileny@ 123456gmail.com
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                S1806-66902018000200353
                10.5935/1806-6690.20180040
                5acf463f-4dd5-42dd-8717-a7f6b042f751

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 29 June 2017
                : 02 October 2015
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 19, Pages: 10
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                Soil dielectric constant,Unsaturated water flow,Richards equation,Constante dielétrica do solo,Fluxo não saturado de água,Equação de Richards

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