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User: Jarrod Rhoades

Created on: 2023-06-05

Observation Date 2023-06-05

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: 0.841 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges). Irrigation system delay setting: 24.5; Irrigation pressure: 22 psi; Pressure at the pump: 50 psi. Time of application was between 8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Weather conditions at 8:30 a.m. mostly sunny, 60.1 degrees F, wind 0-10 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 1.71 mph) wind gust ? mph, from the ?, relative humidity 75%. Weather conditions at 10:00 a.m. mostly sunny, 69.7 degrees F, wind 0-10 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 3.2 mph), wind gust from 3 to 5 mph, from the West, relative humidity 39.5%. Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 4,942,065.0; Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 4,988,679.3; Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): 46,614.3 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation. Average between 420 to 430 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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