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User: Joe Simmons
Created on: 2021-08-09
Observation Date 2021-08-09
Comment:
Irrigated soybeans in the LTER Irrigated Resource Gradient Experiment (Irrigated N-rate Study).
Equipment used: Valley 8000 Linear Irrigation System.
Amount of water applied: 0.65 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges).
Irrigation system delay setting: 32;
Irrigation pressure: 23 psi;
Pressure at the pump: 50 psi.
Time of application was between 1:05 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Weather conditions at the start (weather update at 12:55 p.m.): partly sunny, 79.8 degrees F, wind 5-17 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 8.93 mph) from the south, relative humidity 70.9%.
Weather conditions at the end (weather update at 2:25 p.m.): mostly sunny, 78.6 degrees F, wind 5-18 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 10.46 mph) from the south, relative humidity 73.0%.
Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): 35,933.1 gallons.
Water meter to start: 3103759.0;
Water meter to end: 3139692.1;
Average gallons per minute (on the water meter) during the irrigation event: 428 gallons per minute.
Areas:
Resource_Gradient-Irrigated
Observation Type:
Irrigation
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