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User: Joe Simmons

Created on: 2022-06-23

Observation Date 2022-06-23

Comment:
Hot and dry weather. 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: 1.058 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges). Irrigation system delay setting: 19; Irrigation pressure: 23 psi; Pressure at the pump: 50 psi. Time of application was between 11:45 a.m. - 1:55 p.m. Weather conditions at 11:40 a.m. mostly sunny, 71.9 degrees F, wind 2-15 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 7.03 mph) wind gust 14.42, from the northwest, relative humidity 41.6%. Weather conditions at 2:10 a.m. mostly sunny, 77.2 degrees F, wind 2-13 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 6.18 mph), wind gust 12.27 mph, from the northeast, relative humidity 34.5%. Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 4574418.0; Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 4630053.0; Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): 55,635 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation. Average about 423 gallons per minute.

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Resource_Gradient-Irrigated

Observation Type:
Irrigation

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