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User: Jarrod Rhoades

Created on: 2023-09-20

Observation Date 2023-09-20

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: 0.517 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges) Irrigation system delay setting: 37; Irrigation pressure: 22 psi; Pressure at the pump: 50 psi. Time of application was between 10:10 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Weather conditions at 10:10 a.m. Sunny , 65.2 °F, wind 3-7 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 3.88 mph) wind gust 7.26 mph, from the South, relative humidity 77.3%. Weather conditions at 11:15 a.m. Sunny, 70.5 °F, wind 4-13 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 4.4 mph), wind gust 13.55 mph, from the Southwest, relative humidity 62.5%. Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 5,933,096; Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 5,965,003.6; Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): A minimum amount of 31,907.6 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation.; The flow meter worked for this event each time it was checked. The total amount of gallons appears to be close to what it should be for the amount of time it was running. Average 402 gallons per minute (as measure by a in-line water meter).

Areas:
Resource_Gradient-Irrigated

Observation Type:
Irrigation

Activities:

Worker: Jarrod Rhoades
Equipment: Irrigation - Valley Linear Model 8000 Irrigation System, total length 230 ft, (LTER and GLBRC). • Material: H2O @ 0.51 inch per acre

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