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User: Jarrod Rhoades
Created on: 2023-08-09
Observation Date 2023-08-09
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: 0.92 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges)
Irrigation system delay setting: 21;
Irrigation pressure: 22 psi;
Pressure at the pump: 50 psi.
Time of application was between 9:00 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.
Weather conditions at 8:55 a.m. Partly Cloudy , 71.5 °F, wind 2-6 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 2.13 mph) wind gust 6.37 mph, from the Southwest, relative humidity 94.7%.
Weather conditions at 10:55 a.m. Partly Cloudy, 75.7 °F, wind 3-8 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 3.23 mph), wind gust 7.98 mph, from the Southwest, relative humidity 79.6%.
Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 5,678,295.0;
Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 5,727,659.7;
Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): A minimum amount of 49,364.7 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation.; The flow meter was working most of the time during this irrigation event but it was working intermittently on previous events. The 49,364.7 gallons was the minimum amount of water applied during this irrigation event.
Average 415 gallons per minute (as measure by a in-line water meter).
Areas:
Resource_Gradient-Irrigated
Observation Type:
Irrigation
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