System and method for spray monitoring

An agricultural work vehicle comprising:

• a chassis supporting a cab and a boom assembly;
• one or more nozzles positioned along the boom assembly and configured to selectively dispense an agricultural product therefrom;
• a sensor operably coupled with the boom assembly and configured to capture data associated with one or more application variables;
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• a controller commutatively coupled to the sensor, the controller including a processor and associated memory, the memory storing instructions that, when implemented by the processor, configure the controller to:
• receive, from the sensor, the data associated with one or more application variables;
• analyze the data associated with the one or more application variables to determine a spray quality index;
• provide a notification within the cab when the spray quality index deviates from a predefined range;
• provide a mitigation instruction based on the spray quality index exceeding the predefined range.

A method for monitoring a plurality of application variables as an application operation is being performed within a field using a work vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving, with one or more computing devices, a predefined lower and upper threshold for each of the plurality of application variables;
• receiving, with the one or more computing devices, application data associated with a given portion of the field, the application data corresponding to each of the plurality of application variables for a given portion of the field as an agricultural product is applied to the field;
• analyzing, with the one or more computing devices, each of the plurality of application variables to determine whether each of the one or more application variables is between the predefined lower and upper threshold for each of a plurality of application variables;
• providing, with the one or more computing devices, a first lower priority notification when any of the plurality of application variables deviates from a range defined by the predefined lower and upper threshold by a first amount and a second higher priority notification when any of the plurality of application variables deviates from the predefined lower and upper threshold by a second, larger amount;
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• pausing, with the one or more computing devices, the application operation until the second higher priority notification is acknowledged by an operator.