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User: Joe Simmons

Created on: 2022-06-27

Observation Date 2022-06-27

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: 1.1 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 11:35 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. Weather conditions at 11:25 a.m. mostly sunny, 69.5 degrees F, wind 5-17 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 8.3 mph) wind gust 16.75 mph, from the Northwest, relative humidity 41.4%. Weather conditions at 1:45 p.m. mostly sunny, 69.5 degrees F, wind 8-24 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 11.54 mph), wind gust 23.02 mph, from the Northwest, relative humidity 35.4%. Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 4683868.0; Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 4741479.7; Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): 57,612 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation. Average about 427 gallons per minute.

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Resource_Gradient-Irrigated

Observation Type:
Irrigation

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