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User: Jarrod Rhoades

Created on: 2023-06-01

Observation Date 2023-06-01

Comment:
Irrigated corn 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: 0.42 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges). Irrigation system delay setting: 50; Irrigation pressure: 22 psi; Pressure at the pump: 50 psi. Time of application was between 8:25 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Weather conditions at 8:25 a.m. mostly sunny, 72.9 degrees F, wind 0-10 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 3.41 mph) wind gust ? mph, from the Southeast, relative humidity 62.7%. Weather conditions at 9:45 a.m. mostly sunny, 78.2 degrees F, wind 0-10 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 3.6 mph), wind gust from 0 to 8 mph, from the Southeast, relative humidity 56.1%. Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 4904834.0; Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 4933369.9; Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): 28,806 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation. Average of 436 gallons per minute (as measure by a in-line water meter).

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Resource_Gradient-Irrigated

Observation Type:
Irrigation

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