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User: Joe Simmons

Created on: 2022-06-17

Observation Date 2022-06-17

Comment:
Irrigated winter wheat in the LTER Irrigated Resource Gradient Experiment (Irrigated N-rate Study). Equipment used: Irrigated with the Valley 8000 Linear Irrigation System. Amount of water applied: 1.1625 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges). Irrigation system delay setting: 19; Irrigation pressure: 24 psi; Pressure at the pump: 50 psi. Time of application was between 9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Weather conditions at 9:10 a.m. mostly sunny, 71.1 degrees F, wind 5-15 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 8.15 mph) wind gust 14.42, from the northwest, relative humidity 62.4%. Weather conditions at 11:40 a.m. mostly sunny, 74.9 degrees F, wind 5-23 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 10.16 mph), wind gust 22.84 mph, from the west, relative humidity 47.1%. Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 4404048.0; Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 4461677.6 Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): 57,629.6 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation. Average about 430 gallons per minute.

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Resource_Gradient-Irrigated

Observation Type:
Irrigation

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