METHOD OF CONTROLLING SOIL MOISTURE, WATER ACCUMULATION AND FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTION IN LAND

• Main Authors: Chitnis, Upendra D, Marianno, Fernando J, Klein, Levente
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.11.2019
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CALCULATING; CESSPOOLS; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; FISHING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FORESTRY; FOUNDATIONS; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SEWERAGE; SEWERS; SOIL SHIFTING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRAPPING; WATER SUPPLY; WATERING

Described herein is a method of controlling soil moisture, water accumulation and fertilizer distribution in land. Elevation location data for land areas are extracted from two or more pixels of a topographic image including topographic data. Each pixel represents a land area. Wetness indices for the land areas are determined from the elevation and location data, based on the slope between two or more defined areas of land and an upslope contributing area per unit contour length. At risk defined areas of land, e.g., those at risk of accumulating water are identified based on wetness indices. Water is transported from the at risk defined areas of land to another location. The transporting of water reduces the risk of accumulating water in the at risk defined areas of land and improves crop growth potential in those areas.