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The 2009 ASHS Annual Conference

2507:
Support of CEA Applications with Telepresence

Tuesday, July 28, 2009: 2:00 PM
Jefferson C (Millennium Hotel St. Louis)
Gene Giacomelli, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
R. Lane Patterson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Efren Fitz-Rodriquez, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Murat Kacira, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Phil Sadler, Sadler Machine Co, Tempe, AZ
To establish successful CEA operations, education, training, and experience for the system operators are required. Decision support from off-site consultants or other support groups can be beneficial to help the operation, but to provide an effective response, they require environmental information and plant status, as well as, easy access to sufficient data.  Telepresence procedures can improve remote decision support of CEA facilities through environmental monitoring, controlling, decision-support of operations, crop diagnostics, system diagnostics, and distance education, by using web cameras, climate control computers, and email. These practices have provided effective support within several applications which will be reported.