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User: Joe Simmons
Created on: 2017-08-16
Observation Date 2017-08-16
Comment:
Irrigated the LTER Irrigated Resource Gradient Study (N-rate Study).
Equipment Used: Irrigated with the Valley 8000 Linear Irrigation System.
0.75 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges);
Irrigation system delay setting: 28%;
Irrigation pressure: 21-22 psi;
Pressure at the pump: 50 - 52 psi;
Time of application was between 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.;
Weather conditions at the start: (10:30 a.m.)
clear, Temperature: 76 degrees F, Relative Humidity: 73%, Dew Point 65 degrees F, Wind: calm - 6 mph (ave. calm - 4 mph) out of the Southeast, Soil Temp: 75 degrees F, Soil Moisture: 9.8%.
Weather conditions at the end: (12:30 p.m.)
partly to mostly cloudy, Temperature: 81 degrees F, Relative Humidity: 60%, Dew Point 64 degrees F, Wind: calm - 5 mph (ave calm - 4 mph) out of the Southeast, Soil Temp: 90 degrees F, Soil Moisture: 9.8%.
42,740 gallons of water was applied during this irrigation event.
Areas:
Resource_Gradient-Irrigated
Observation Type:
Irrigation
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