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User: Jarrod Rhoades

Created on: 2023-06-23

Observation Date 2023-06-23

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: 0.929 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges). Irrigation system delay setting: 21.0; Irrigation pressure: 22 psi; Pressure at the pump: 50 psi. Time of application was between 10:10 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. Weather conditions at 10:10 a.m. Cloudy , 71 degrees F, wind 5-8 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 5.75 mph) wind gust ? mph, from the East, relative humidity 66.1%. Weather conditions at 12:15 p.m. Cloudy, 77.5 degrees F, wind 6-10 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 6.10 mph), wind gust 13.17 mph, from the Northeast, relative humidity 55.2%. Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 5,188,515; Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 5,238,616.6; Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): 50,101.6 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation. Average ? 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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