APP VALIDATION FOR WATER AND SALINITY MANAGEMENT OF ARIZONA FARMS

Validate a prototype smartphone application (app) that uses weather and satellite remote sensing data to guide irrigation decision support for irrigated farms in Arizona. Users of the app will be individual farmers, irrigation advisors, and water management agencies. The app is an easy-to-use tool to guide irrigations by suggesting ways to optimize water use and minimize salinity concentrations in shallow soils. The tool is developed for Arizona farms and needs to be validated against actual water use data sets.