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User: Jarrod Rhoades
Created on: 2024-08-29
Observation Date 2024-08-29
Comment:
Irrigated soybeans 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: 0.8375 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges)
Irrigation system delay setting: 25;
Irrigation pressure: 21 psi;
Pressure at the pump: 48 psi.
Time of application was between 10:15 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Weather conditions at 10:10 a.m. Cloudy , 67.7 °F, wind 3-8 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 3.72 mph) wind gust 8.16 mph, from the East, relative humidity 99.7%.
Weather conditions at 11:50 a.m. Cloudy, 71.2 °F, wind 2-7 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 2.67 mph), wind gust 7.08 mph, from the South, relative humidity 99%.
Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 6,083,941;
Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 6,130,274;
Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): A minimum amount of 46,333 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation.;
Average 415 gallons per minute (as measure by a in-line water meter).
Areas:
Resource_Gradient-Irrigated Resource_Gradient_Non-Irrigated
Observation Type:
Irrigation
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