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User: Ethan Rocklin
Created on: 2025-06-09
Observation Date 2025-06-09
Comment:
Irrigated winter wheat 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: 1.06 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges).
Irrigation system delay setting: 19.5;
Irrigation pressure: 20 psi;
Pressure at the pump: 50 psi.
Time of application was between 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Weather conditions at 9:50 a.m. Clear and Sunny , 64.8°F, wind 5 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 5.29 mph) wind gust 11.44 mph, from the South, relative humidity 76.7%.
Weather conditions at 11:55 a.m. Clear and Sunny, 71.1°F, wind 5-7 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 7.27 mph), wind gust 11.44 mph, from the Southwest, relative humidity 57.1%.
Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 6,443,106.0;
Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 6,500,771.3;
Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): A minimum amount of 57,665.3 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation.;
Average 424 gallons per minute (as measure by a in-line water meter).
Areas:
Resource_Gradient-Irrigated
Observation Type:
Irrigation
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