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User: Ethan Rocklin
Created on: 2025-06-11
Observation Date 2025-06-11
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: 1.08 inch of water was applied (as measured by six rain gauges).
Irrigation system delay setting: 19.5;
Irrigation pressure: 22 psi;
Pressure at the pump: 50 psi.
Time of application was between 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Weather conditions at 9:20 a.m. Clear and Sunny, 69.0°F, wind 6 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 5.95 mph) wind gust 10.42 mph, from the Southwest, relative humidity 71.1%.
Weather conditions at 11:20 a.m. Clear and Sunny, 75.5°F, wind 10-15 mph (3m high 5 minute average wind speed was 9.80 mph), wind gust 19.98 mph, from the Southwest, relative humidity 51.7%.
Meter reading at the start of irrigation event: 6,500,772.0;
Meter reading at the end of irrigation event: 6,558,327.4;
Total gallon of water used in this irrigation event (as measure by a in-line water meter): A minimum amount of 57,555.4 gallons of water was applied at time of irrigation.;
Average 422 gallons per minute (as measure by a in-line water meter).
Areas:
Resource_Gradient-Irrigated
Observation Type:
Irrigation
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